Description:
A work from Loutherbourg`s early career, when he was in Paris (1755 – 1770). This series is outstandingly rare. Ca. 11.9 x 8.5 cm; plate mark not visible; in fine condition.Literature: Le Blanc.
Loutherbourg, an Alsatian painter who studied etching in Johann Georg Wille's academy, clearly admired the prints of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa, as did many other French printmakers of the time. In the set entitled "First suite of Soldiers,"Loutherbourg took up a format associated with Rosa in order to showcase his own inventiveness and fluency.
