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CARON, ADOLPHE ALEXANDRE JOSEPH, - Arago

Title: Arago
Description: Bust-length portrait of François Arago, looking to the left. Dominique François Jean Arago (1786-1853), was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, freemason and politician. Steel engraving on wove paper, sheet size 273 x 178 mm., platemark 227 x 154 mm. Engraved by Joseph Caron after Ary Scheffer and published in: Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye. Livre des orateurs. Parijs: L.A. Pagnerre, 1842. Adolphe Alexandre Joseph Caron (1797-1867) was a French printmaker. Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature as well as religious subjects. He was also a prolific painter of portraits of famous and influential people in his lifetime. In excellent condition.

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Price: EUR 40.25 = appr. US$ 43.75 Seller: Antiquariaat Goltzius
- Book number: 71635

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