18th-Century Engraving, Robert Brichet After Joseph François Von Götz

18th-Century Engraving, Robert Brichet After Joseph François Von GötzThis late 18th century engraving by French printmaker Robert Brichet (active 1775 90) is after a drawing by Joseph Franois von Gtz (1754 1815) and formed part of Exrcices d'imagination de differens charactres et formes. Joseph Franois von Gtz was a lawyer, artist, illustrator, but primarily a careful observer of human behaviour. Upon the flourishing streets of Augsburg, Bavaria, he sketched its various colourful characters from the bespectacled

Signed/dated in the lower right and housed within a period frame that could be its original

During the early part of the 19th century

Weatherhead understood this

The building itself feels a little Jacobean and features battlements so it’s likely that an earlier building has been adapted over centuries

where angels would visit to show her glorious visions of the afterlife

“Des Belges Le Coteau Loire”

One which would continue to hamper his future endeavours

It’s a little reminiscent of the ethereal quality of old master drawings

His luxurious jacket

The portrait is housed within a vintage painted wooden frame

Balmer was always happiest when working in his local area

while his friend is playing some kind of lap guitar or similar