Oil On Wood-cipriani-view Of Ruin-italy-greece-tunisia-sea-landscape-1920

Oil on panel mahogany signed cipriani landscape and ruins view of Italy? Arrived at a young age in Paris, israel silvestre perfects his art of drawing with his uncle who takes him as a student, giving him to copy with the pen of the pieces of callot, and learns how to engrave intaglio. He made rapid progress that allowed him, after a few years of hard work, to undertake an independent career. It is then that he travels around Paris and several provinces of France and composes many books that establish his reputation as a draftsman and engraver.

As the customs of the time, he undertakes several trips to Italy. To copy the old masters and improve with the greatest masters. Faucheux fixes the dates of these trips, for the first before 1640.

(Israel is not 20 years old), the second of 1643. And the last around 1653. Panoramic view of the castle of Gaillon. Israel brings back many views from Italy, of which almost all are engraved. Other travels in France and Lorraine, from which he draws a lot of drawings and engravings.

On his return to Paris, he moved to his uncle's house on the rue de l'arche, and took advantage of the fruits of his labors by obtaining the privilege of printing and selling his works to the exclusion of all others. Year of death disrael henriet, he inherits from the latter, as sole legatee, funds of planks jacques callot. And the beautiful, who, adding to his own production, provide him with a comfortable income.

Israel silvestre marries late, at the age of 41, and marries on 10 September. In his parish of saint-germain lauxerrois. Henriette selincart, daughter of a Paris merchant. We know at least ten children of this union, only five of whom will survive their father. Henriette is said to have been a remarkable woman both in her wit and in her beauty, as shown by portraits by charles le brun. His marriage does not slow down the art career. He is appointed draftsman and engraver of the king, obtains the charge of master to draw pages of the great stable in 1667. That of drawing master of the dauphin eldest son of louis xiv. And grandfather of louis xv. He also benefits from a patent which grants him a lodging in the louvre galleries. Israel is received at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. On the recommendation of Charles Brown.

He is also at the head of an important workshop, where he has at least two students, the engravers françois nobility and miller, as well as many collaborators among the best artists of their time: stefano della bella. He leaves many drawings and more than a thousand engraved pieces. Among his most beautiful works are the carousel of 1662.

The representation of the pleasures of enchanting lisle, the views of the royal residences of Ile de France, including versailles, vaux et fontainebleau, or the suites of the churches of Rome. Israels silvestre's personal papers are kept in the national archives. Israel silvestre loses his wife. And he survives again for 11 years. He died on October 11th. In his apartment at the galleries of the Louvre, 70 years old and is buried near his wife, in the church saint germain lauxerrois.

He leaves to his five children, two of whom are still minors, a fortune, for want of being important, comfortable and especially the taste of the arts, that each one especially his son louis. Will cultivate according to his talent, and the benevolence of his former students, become his protectors. The item "oil on wood-cipriani-view of ruin-italy-greece-tunisia-sea-landscape-1920" is on sale since Monday, April 3, 2017. It is in the category "art, antiquities \ art of the nineteenth and before \ paints, enamels ". The seller is "curiositesdumonde2016" and is located in / isle d espagnac, poitou-charentes.

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