The Aquarium, engraving by Pierre Cottin (1823-1886) after a work by Constant Joseph BROCHART (1816 - 1889 ou 1899).
Published by Goupil & Co the 1st of october 1874.
On China paper mounted.
Mint condition, with margins, never been framed
45 x 57 cm plate mark
58 x 68,5 cm sheet.
No frame.
This engraving is exceptional for its quality as for its size and condition.
Constant Joseph BROCHART (1816, Lille - 1889 ou 1899, Paris) :
Studied at the Lille School of Fine Arts. He then came in Paris and exhibited his works at the Salon between 1845 and 1862.
Bibliography : Benezit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, ..., vol. 2, Paris, Gründ, 1999, p. 826.
