Jacques Rousseau 17th.Century French School Red Chalk Landscape Drawing Castel Durante A Mezzotint engraving published by

A Mezzotint engraving published by Mr Constable 35 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square 1832

35 by 25 cms

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Jacques Rousseau 17th.Century French School Red Chalk Landscape Drawing Castel Durante A Mezzotint engraving published byJacques Rousseau 1630 1693. French School 17th. Century. Red chalk drawing. River Landscape. 22 by 16 x 22 cms. A member of a Hugenot family, Rousseau was born at Paris. He is noted as a painter of decorative landscapes and classical ruins much influenced by Nicolas Poussin and Gaspard Dughet. He was employed to decorate walls for Louis XIV and Phillipe D'Orleans at St Cloud, Marly and Versailles. Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, he