Description: Framed Engraving by Jacques Grasset de Sainte Sauveur and Labrousse titled "Homme Femme et Enfantr des Montagnes de la Savoie". It was done for Sainte-Sauveur's c. 1797 publication Costumes de different pays. 11" x 13" Jacques Grasset de Sainte-Sauveur:A late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French (Canadian) artist, writer and diplomat, Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur left Montreal in 1764 and began his studies with the Jesuits of Sainte-Barbe, in Paris. His first published book,Costumes civils de tous les peoples connus, dates from 1784. It deals with his lifelong passion of chronicling the peoples of other lands, particularly in remote areas. His other works include,Tableaux cosmographiques de l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique(1787),L'Antique Rome(1795),Encyclopedie des voyages(1796), andVoyage picturesque dans les autres parties du monde(1806).Groenlandais(Native of Greenland) was engraved by Labrousse for the c. 1797 publication,Costumes de different pays. Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur both designed the engravings and wrote the text for all of these publications.Of the engraver, Labrousse, little is known, except in relation to his engravings for Grasset de Saint-Sauveur. Besides being an artist and writer Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur also led an active diplomatic career. He served as France's vice-consul in Hungary and elsewhere. Today the art of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur may be found in the following collections; the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the National Library of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand, the New York Public Library, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Price: 159.99 USD
Location: Great Neck, New York
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Features: Framed
Width (Inches): 11"
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Subject: Fashion
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Material: Engraving
Height (Inches): 13"
Artist: Jacques Grasse de Sainte Sauveur
Type: Print
