If you have read previous chapters of my blog, you will know that I have a weakness for black and white. Whether they be drawings, prints, or photographs. So today, from my collection, we look at a small engraving by #JeanDaullé (1703-1763).

The print has been cut to the oval shape of the main image, which has removed the title and accreditation from along the bottom and the horizontal lines, which decorated the edges around the main image. It was then set into an oval frame.

Daullé was the son of a silversmith, and at the age of fourteen, he began his training as an engraver. His studies took him to Paris to the studio of #RobertHecquet. His reputation as a portrait engraver became well established.

Later in his life, Duallé expanded his engravings to include allegorical scenes by artists such as François Boucher, Joseph Vernet, David Teniers the younger, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Jean-François de Troy, Metsu, Jan Miel, and Poussin.

Even though this print has been cut down, it displays the talent that Daullé possessed.

The image was created by François Boucher and engraved on copper plate by Daullé in 1748.