Charles Bervic Hand-Coloured Aquatint combining careful observation of everyday

combining careful observation of everyday objects with a modernist sensibility toward color and form

Dimensions: 71 x 59 cm / 28 x 23¼ in (canvas)

5 x 21 cm / 10½ x 8¼ in (sheet)

The work exemplifies the portrait engraving tradition of the Revolutionary period

Charles Bervic Hand-Coloured Aquatint combining careful observation of everydayAbout the Engraving This original engraving by French engraver Charles Clment Bervic (1756 1822), titled La Demande Accepte (The Request Granted), is a work of neoclassical art created in the late 1700s. The engraving reproduces a painting by Nicolas Bernard Lpici (1735 1784), capturing an intimate 18th century French domestic scene with exceptional detail. The composition depicts a marriage proposal: a young man formally asks for a young woman's hand