Carle Vanloo

1785

Ignaz Sebastian Klauber after Pierre Le Sueur

Associated Names
Ignaz Sebastian Klauber

Artist, German, 1753 - 1817

Pierre Le Sueur

Artist After, French, died 1786

The image shows a man's portrait from the waist up. He is seated in a chair, holding a book or sketchpad in one hand and a drawing instrument in the other. The man has refined facial features, curly hair, and is dressed in an 18th-century outfit with intricate details. The background is plain, and the chair has a patterned fabric. The text "CARLE VANLOO" is visible at the bottom of the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40 x 29.5 cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.4 x 31.5 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.44.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 41

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels, no. 41.

1880

  • Portalis-Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: vol.2, pp.507 + 508.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Peint par Le Sueur de Berlin; lower right in plate: Grave a Paris par Igee. Seb. Klauber.; lower center in plate in window frame: CARLE VANLOO

Wikidata ID

Q74067421

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