It is rare to find this original etching and engraving from 1783-4  of L'Assemble'e Au Salon.  Etching and engravings of this type and age are found in museums and rarely sold.  The pictures do not give justice to the true beauty of this piece. 

This is an original etching & engraving by Francois Dequevauviller after a gouache by Nicholas Lavreince. L'Assemble'e au Salon and L'Assemble'e Au Concert originally came in a pair. If you are interested in purchasing the pair I am also selling L'Assemble'e Au Concert. Please contact me for further details on how to acquire both.

This engraving and etching is one of a pair (along with L’Assemblée - Au Concert made by François Dequevauviller based on gouache paintings by Nicholas Lavreince. Nicolas Lavreince (real name Niclas Lafrensen) was a Swedish miniaturist, draughtsman and gouache painter active in Paris until 1791. Originally his father’s pupil, he visited Paris 1771-3 before returning to Sweden where he was made a member of the Stockholm Academy. Returning to Paris in 1774 he made numerous models for engravers including the gouaches on which these two prints are based.

According to Mimi Hellman, L’Assemblée au Salon, “seems to typify this mode of elegantly appointed French ease. ... Regularly spaced arcades, separated by fluted pilasters and capped by a richly articulated cornice, enframe the windows, doors and two mirrors placed over a fireplace and console table. Matching light fixtures flank the mirrors, and identical large urns set on pedestals punctuate the corners of the room… The chairs match; in actual rooms such sets were distributed at regular intervals along the walls-one is visible in this position to the right of the console table-and displaced according to the spatial and social conditions of different leisure situations.

I am also selling L'Assemble'e Au Concert AND WOULD BE GLAD TO OFFER YOU A DEAL FOR BOTH