Posted 4 years ago
dav2no1
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1875 PIERRE DE CONINCK Engraving "Strawberry Girl"
Year: 1875
Artist: Pierre De Coninck (Pierre Louis Joseph De Coninck) (French, 1828 - 1910)
Medium: Antique Steel Engraving on wove paper after the original by master engraver S. S. Smith.
Dimensions: 13 3/8" x 9 1/4"
Seems to be a few different sizes of this engraving.
I bought this piece at the same time I bought the "Gathering of Eagles" piece that I posted earlier. When I first saw it, it looked very dark and I thought it was a silk screen. I had a hunch it may be something significant so I bought it.
It has some weird foam stuff on the back which I will clean up eventually. Once you put light behind it ..then it really comes to life. The oil on canvas of this image is valued between $4500 and $5,900!
Pierre Louis De Coninck
Pierre Louis Joseph De Coninck . French 1828-1910. Studied at the Ypres and Lille schools of Art before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris under the direction of Leon Cogniet. Exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857. Also exhibited at the 1864 Exhibition held at the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris. De Coninck specialized in genre and historical scenes often with young women. Examples of his work can be found in galleries and museums including Smithsonian American Art Museum, Dunkirk Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Lille Museum, Niort Museum.
Her image is sensuous.
It's very detailed the eyes are very haunting...
Wow nice find ...she is beautiful! Those eyes! I don't much about the engraving technique will have to read up on it. I do have quite a few old lithographs. I love florals, landscape, and anything with animals or children.
Thank you for the comments. I just aquired a pair of new led Exit sign boxes..that may make the perfect light box for this? If so, then I can finally frame this. I'll update when I figure it out.