DESPLACES, Louis (b. 1682, Paris, d. 1739, Paris) |
Spring1730sEngraving National Gallery of Art, Washington | |
The Spring was engraved after a painting from the series Four Seasons by Watteau for a compendium of prints after Watteau: L'oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau (volume I). The painting was destroyed by fire in 1966. The other parts of the series was also engraved: the Summer by Marie-Jeanne Renard Dubos; the Autumn by Etienne Fessard; and the Winter by Jean Audran. |