383 - J. GAMELIN (1738-1803), Anatomical studies, skulls, 1779, Etching

J. GAMELIN (1738-1803), Anatomical studies, skulls, 1779, Etching Jacques Gamelin (1738 Carcassonne, Aude - 1803 ibid.): Anatomical studies of the human skull, from the anatomical plate work 'Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie' (A New Collection of Bones and Muscles), 1779, Etching Technique: Etching on Laid paper Watermark: indeterminate signs: Undeterminable watermark | Date: Date: 1779 Description: From: "Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie dessiné d'après nature par Jacques Gamelin de Carcassonne, ..pour l'utilité des sciences et des arts divisé en deux parties dédié à M. le baron de Puymaurin". Jacques GAMELIN was a French painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher of early classicism. Gamelin first studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Toulouse under Jean-Pierre Rivalz. His artistic training continued in Paris and Rome, where he worked as a professor at the Accademia di San Luca from 1771. One year later, Pope Clement XIV appointed him court painter. Gamelin also met the painter Anton Raphael Mengs in Rome. From the estate of the antiquarian Rosenthal Munich / Amsterdam. | Watermark: "PC" and grapevine Keywords: 18th century, Realism, Technology, France, Size: Laid paper: 43,9 cm x 33,2 cm (17,3 x 13,1 in), Plate: 37,4 cm x 26,0 cm (14,7 x 10,2 in) Condition: Good condition. The sheet is slightly discoloured due to its age and bears slight foxing in the margins. Slight creasing at the corners; several horizontal creases in the centre of the image and in places in the margins. .