C1782

Vue du Village de St. George de Skyros.

Artist:

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C.18th engraved view at Chora on the island of Skyros, Greece looking towards the Byzantine Monastery of Saint George. The monastery was founded in AD 962 by Saint Athanasius the Athonite. The view is from one of the most celebrated … Read Full Description

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S/N: CVPDLG-EU-GRE-039–406401

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Categories: Greece & Balkans, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS, EUROPE

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Full Title:

Vue du Village de St. George de Skyros.

Date:

C1782

Artist:

Jean-Baptiste Hilaire (1751 - 1828)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

222mm

x 152mm

Paper Size:

305mm

x 230mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1782

Description:

From Choiseul-Gouffier, M. Voyage pittoresque de la Grece. Paris J.J. Blaise

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991021631529702626
V & A, Victoria & Albert Museum: ACCESSION NUMBER SP.162:28
Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation: view 119

Jean-Baptiste Hilaire (1751 - 1828)

Hilaire was a French artist born at Adun-le-Tiche, north-east France. As a young man Hilair toured the Greek islands and the Orient, creating over a hundred works which he used to illustrate his Voyagé Pittoresque de la Grece, published in three volumes in 1782. His talent became recognised and his work exhibited in Paris at such places as the Salon de la Jeunesse in 1780, and at the Salon de la Correspondence the same year. He took part in the official exhibitions of the Louvre in the salon of 1796. He continued painting until 1796 after which he fades from the records. He died in Paris in 1828.

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