Antique Print-BERNARD PALISSY-WORKSHOP-DESTRUCTION-CERAMIC-Vetter-Thielley-1865

Subject: Print, titled 'Bernard Palissy'. It shows the dejected-looking figure of Bernard Palissy, the famous French Huguenot potter, engineer and craftsman, sitting in the smouldering remains of his workshop after it was destroyed on account of his Protestantism during the French Wars of Religion. Several other figures are assessing the damages near the door on the left side of the image.

Condition: In good condition. Several imperfections, including scattered foxing (mainly in the margins), several small closed and backed tears (none affecting the image).

Medium: Lithograph on a heavy vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 81 x 61 cm. The image size is ca. 72.5 x 43 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 31.9 x 24 inch. The image size is ca. 28.5 x 16.9 inch.

Part Number: 39667

Location: DP-P4-03

Description: Original master print. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Age estimate: 1865.

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Thielley after Heg. Vetter. Claude Thielley (1811-1891) was a French printermaker, painter and lithographer from France. Jean Hegesippe Vetter (1820-1900) was a French painter, who painted the original piece in 1861.