J-J Le Veau after Joseph Vernet "1ere Vue des Environs de Bayonne"

"1ere Vue des Environs de Bayonne"
Jean-Jacques Le Veau (1729–1786)
after Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789)
Line engraving
Published Paris, c. 1775

Measures:-
32 cm × 42.3 cm (approx.)

An image of a fishing party at the edge of a river, beneath a fortified town.

Inscribed in plate below image left: "Jos. Vernet"; below image right: "J. J. Le Veau"; below image center: "1ere. Vue des Environs de Bayonne."; bottom left of sheet: "Se vend à Paris, chez le Veau, Graveur, rue S. Jacques, vis-à-vis le College du Plessis."; bottom right of sheet: "Et chez Basan, rue du Foin St. Jaques."

Jean-Jacques Le Veau (or Leveau) was born in impoverished circumstances in Rouen. A sickly child who was unwanted by his parents, he was left to be raised by nuns who noted his talent for drawing. He became a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1714-1791) and went on to become an accomplished and highly respected engraver, interpreting the work of a number of celebrated painters.

Very scarce. Not in British Museum. For similar see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953 (53.600.1519); MAH Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève, Collection de la Société des Arts de Genève (SDA livre 0015-072)

Literature:-
Arlaud Cat. no. 293, p. 79. (Docteur Pierre Arlaud "Catalogue Raisonné des Estampes Gravées d'après Joseph Vernet", Avignon, Imprimeries Rulliere-Libeccio, 1990).

Presented in attractive 'Country House' condition framed and glazed in an antique walnut veneer, 'cushion' frame