"Eglise de Saint Hectaire, Auvergne" by Eugene Isabey, Fr., (1803-1886) Pencil 20 additional impressions were printed

20 additional impressions were printed by the artist in 1961

as I have seen a good number of prints

A beautiful and moody impression

this dramatic scene shows the sun casting strong patterns of light and shadow thru the columns

Hecht was a master of the difficult medium of engraving

"Eglise de Saint Hectaire, Auvergne" by Eugene Isabey, Fr., (1803-1886) Pencil 20 additional impressions were printedLithograph, ca. 1831, printed & pub. by Englemann, Paris, on thin gray chine colle affixed to a wove warm white support sheet, some foxing,but limited to the margins of the support sheet outside the chine colle. "P 107" printed in text above the image, blindstamp of Charles Motte lower left corner edge of chine into support sheet. Margins probably trimmed. A beautiful, rich impression of this dramatically lit and masterfully drawn landscape by Isabey.