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Charles Melchior Descourtis

Port St. Bernard

1783
Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper
40.5 × 61.9 cm (15.9 × 24.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Gouache views of Paris were very popular in the 1780s, and color prints emulating them became highly marketable. This rare proof is one of the most expensive of such views offered at the height of the market, in 1784.

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