Charles Bervic Hand-Coloured Aquatint 5 x 21 cm /

5 x 21 cm / 10½ x 8¼ in (sheet)

About the Dedication

Py falsified his age to gain early entry into the prestigious National School of Fine Arts (École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts) in Paris

Despite continuous care

Charles Bervic Hand-Coloured Aquatint 5 x 21 cm /About the Engraving This original engraving by French engraver Charles Clment Bervic (1756 1822), titled La Demande Accepte (The Request Granted), is a work of neoclassical art created in the late 1700s. The engraving reproduces a painting by Nicolas Bernard Lpici (1735 1784), capturing an intimate 18th century French domestic scene with exceptional detail. The composition depicts a marriage proposal: a young man formally asks for a young woman's hand