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Charles-Melchior Descourtis

French, 1753-1820
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Charles-Melchior Descourtis was a French printmaker. He was a pupil of Jean-François Janinet and, like him, specialized in the production of colour prints using aquatint and wash-manner. Among his earliest known works is a series of four engravings of views of Paris and Rome after paintings by Pierre Antoine de Machy, which appeared in 1784. He collaborated with Janinet on the illustrations for Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse (1785), which were engraved after several artists. He is best known, however, for his four colour prints after the genre scenes of Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, notably the Village Wedding (1785) and its pendant, the Village Fair (1788).

The subtle green tones of the landscape setting, complementing the white and red of the small figures, successfully convey the gentle mood of Taunay's rural scenes. The second pair, the Tambourine and the Brawl, both animated, slightly grotesque compositions, are less finely executed. Such prints of genre scenes were avidly collected by contemporaries.

Descourtis also produced a number of portrait engravings, including Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1791). From the later 1790s he engraved numerous works after Jean-Frederic Schall, notably the Lover Surprised and the Peeping Toms, as well as a series of illustrations to Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's novel Paul et Virginie (1788).

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Monument érigé à la gloire des fondateurs de la liberté helvetique sur le Lac de Lucerne

Monument érigé à la gloire des fondateurs de la liberté helvetique sur le Lac de Lucerne (1915-1945)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Landscape
The Lover Surprised (L’Amant Surpris)

The Lover Surprised (L’Amant Surpris) (c. 1798)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
The Pranksters (Les Espiègles)

The Pranksters (Les Espiègles) (c. 1798)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
La Rixe (The Brawl)

La Rixe (The Brawl) (c. 1792)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
Le Tambourin

Le Tambourin (c. 1789)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
Foire De Village

Foire De Village (1788)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
Noce De Village (Village Wedding)

Noce De Village (Village Wedding) (1785)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Figurative
Victori Pacifico

Victori Pacifico (1785)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Landscape
Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten

Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten (1785)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Landscape
Vue du Schildwald-Bach prise en hiver

Vue du Schildwald-Bach prise en hiver (1785)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Landscape
La Foire de Village

La Foire de Village (1788–94)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Illustration
La Noce de Village

La Noce de Village (1788–94)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Illustration
Le Tambourin

Le Tambourin (1788–94)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Illustration
The Brawl (La Rixe)

The Brawl (La Rixe) (ca. 1792)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
Illustration

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