L'Auberge

L'Auberge is a fine black and white etching and aquatint realized by Henri-Charles Toussaint (Paris,1849-1911), after an original painting made in 1875 by Eugène Isabey (Paris, 1803-1886).

Signed on plate “ H. Toussaint ” on the lower right margin, and “ E. Isabey 75 ” on the lower right margin.

This old masters print, with nuanced and graduated tones of blacks and grays, offering us a nice view on the Medieval Parisian architecture, is an original exemplar of architectural art realized by the French artist Henri-Charles Toussaint.

In excellent conditions, including a ivory-colored passepartout (49 x 34 cm).

Henri-Charles Toussaint (Paris, 1849 - 1911) was a French painter, illustrator, and etcher, who gained his highest reputation thanks to his architectural studies of Paris, of French provinces, and of Oxford and Cambridge. Toussaint was the pupil of Gaucherel and Andre in Paris, though he learnt etching with Brunet-Desbaines. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1874 and, in the following years, he received numerous awards, including medals from the Exposition Universelle in 1876, 1884, 1899, and 1900. Charles Toussaint’s architectural etchings were well-known in both England and his native country, France.