J. LAVALLÉE (19th) after GAMELIN (*1738), Anatomy, femur, 1778, Etching Jacques Lavallée (19th century) after Jacques Gamelin (1738 Carcassonne, Aude - 1803 ibid.): "Diseased and broken thigh bones", from the anatomical plate work 'Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie' (A New Collection of Bones and Muscles) from 1779, 1778, Etching Technique: Etching on Laid paper Watermark: Undeterminable watermark Date: Date: 1778 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". Signed "Gravé a l'eau forte par Lavalée d'apres le dessein de M. Gamelin a Toulouse" in the lower plate margin, dated "1778" to the right. 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: lettering and crown Keywords: 18th century, Realism, Technology, France, Size: Laid paper: 50,0 cm x 36,1 cm (19,7 x 14,2 in), Plate: 43,0 cm x 29,5 cm (16,9 x 11,6 in)