Description: Original Antique Goupilgravure Print"Portrait of General Prim"byH. Regnault Printed byBraun, Clément & Cie. Gaston Braun owned a number of companies including Adolphe Braun et Cie which was founded in 1876. With the assistance of Louis Pierson and Léon Clément the company developed and in 1889 took the name Braun, Clément et Cie. This continued until 1910 when the name became Braun et Cie.The company was a major supplier of reproductions of art and scenic views. Goupil GravureThe variant photogravure process perfected in 1872 by Henri Rousselon of Goupil & Cie in France. Goupil gravures, used by the company to make art reproductions, allowed for a deep, velvety black, the separation of tones, and a crisp image. "Portrait of General Prim" ( The arrival of General Prim in front of Madrid) General Juan Prim (1814-1870)Spanish statesman He commanded the Spanish army in Mexico against the troops of Napoleon III. On his return to Spain he joined the opposition and in 1868 took part in the coup that ousted Queen Isabel II. In 1869 General Serrano was elected regent and Prim became president of the council and was made a marshal. It was Prim’s responsibility to find a European royal who would become the next monarch of Spain, one who would not be opposed to being democratically elected, a task he described as being 'like looking for an atheist in heaven'. Amadeo of Savoy was considered the most suitable of those who consented, and on 6 November 1870 he was elected King of Spain. However, Prim was assassinated the following month (28 December 1870). Three days after Prim’s death, King Amadeo swore in the presence of the corpse to uphold the new constitution. Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault(1843-1871)French painterStudied first under Louis Lamothe and later Alexandre Cabanel. Greatly admired by his teachers and fellow students, he won the Prix de Rome in 1866. While in Rome, he came under the influence of the Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny and painted his first major canvas, Automedon with the Horse of Achilles, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1868 Regnault travelled to Spain and North Africa, making numerous drawings of local costumes and figure types. He sent paintings from Rome to each of the annual Salons between 1864 and 1870, with his massive equestrian portrait of General Juan Prim, now in the Louvre, winning a gold medal in 1869. Despite holding an exemption from military service as a winner of the Prix de Rome, Regnault returned to France at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. He died in the defense of Paris, at Buzenval in the outskirts of the city, on October 31, 1871. Sizes:Print: 32 cm x 42 cm(12.6" x 16.5")Image: 24.9 cm x 30.7 cm(9.8" x 12.1")
Price: 95 USD
Location: Bar Harbor, Maine
End Time: 2023-12-28T23:10:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Color: Black & White
Date of Creation: 1889-1910
Material: Photogravure
Printer: Braun, Clément & Cie.
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Military
Print Surface: Heavy Glossy Photographic Paper
Type: Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1899
Width (Inches): (image) 9.5
Height (Inches): (image) 13.5
Style: Neoclassical
Print Title: Portrait of General Prim
Production Technique: Goupil Gravure
