ANTIBES GARNERAY SUPERB AQUATINT MINT 1830

VUE DU PORT ET DE LA VILLE D'ANTIBES

£295

Rare and beautiful original example of one of the finest engravings of Antibes. Uncoloured as issued.

By Garneray from his Vue Des Villes Et Rades De France.

One of the most delicately engraved aquatints I have come across

Scene of hunters on the Cap D'Antibes looking towards Antibes with the Alp's behind

Mint condition

Ambroise Louis Ganeray (1783-1857) was a French painter and writer. Garneray was the son of French artist Jean-François Garneray (1755-1837), painter of the king. He joined the French Navy in 1796. He spent 8 years in English prisons after being captured in 1806. From 1814 onward, he pursued his career as a painter.

In 1833, he became a director of a museum in Rouen where he became one of the inventors of the acquatint process. The pictorial work of Garneray comprises 141 oil paintings, 176 engravings and 22 watercolor paintings. Part of his work was inspired by his adventurous life, such as the capture of Kent by Surcouf; others were made as peintre officiel de la Marine, in continuation of the works of Claude Joseph Vernet and Nicolas Ozanne. Most notably, he completed 64 views of French harbors and 40 views of foreign harbors, based upon his travels in the 1820s.