"Claude Michel Hamon Duplessis – The Travelers Stopover"
Claude Michel Hamon DUPLESSIS (Versailles, 1770-1799) The stopover for travelers
Prepared panel
As indicated by a label on the reverse, this painting belonged to the famous publisher and art collector Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736-1798). An intimate friend of the great philosophers and intellectuals of his century, this 18th century Lille personality became official bookseller-publisher of the Royal Printing Office and the Royal Academy of Sciences and a key figure in the world of publishing, in a way the one of the first magnates of the press.
Lengh : 32 x 41 cm
Signed lower right MH Duplessis
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