GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Artist | Seipse |
| Engraver | Thomas Chambars (1724-1789) |
| Date | 1805 |
| Technique | Etching |
| Category | Portraits |
| Source | A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square |
Philip Mercier (1689-1760) was one of the first painters to bring Rococo sensibility into portrait and genre painting in England. In this engraving, the artist’s working pose in front of the canvas serves as a visual expression of the Rococo ideal of lightness and elegance.
