Description

César de Cock (1823-1904)

César de Cock: View of Longueville (Seine Inferieure), 1865.

Original etching

Nice proof on laid paper. Watermark ‘Aqua Fortistes’View of Longueville (Seine-Inférieure), n° 160 of the Sté des Aquafortistes, chez Cadart, 1865. Paris, published by Cadart and Luquet, publishers, 79 rue de Richelieu. Dry stamp of the publisher. Printing house Delâtre, Rue Saint-Jacques. 303, Paris.

Dimensions of the sheet : H. 317 mm x W. 445 mm – Dimensions at the coppermark : H. 238 mm x W. 320 mm.

Condition : Trace of mounting on the reverse, a small spot of freckling in the upper margin.

César de Cock (1823-1904), Painter and engraver, born and died in Ghent, 1823-1904. He was first a musician, then under the influence of his brother Xavier, he painted and engraved; settled in France since his youth and working with his wife Julia Stigzelius, under the influence of the masters of Barbizon, he exhibited landscapes at the Salon from 1857. (Source: inventory of the French collection after 1800 / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Volume five, Cidoine-Daumier / by Jean Adhémar).