Jean-Jacques Le Veau was a French draughtsman and engraver. Around 1746, he became the pupil of Jean-Baptiste Descamps, author of The Lives of Flemish, German and Dutch Painters, at the free drawing school of the city of Rouen. In 1748, through Descamps’ connections, he was apprenticed to a master silver engraver named Couvel, from whom he learned metalwork.
Le Veau created many engravings that can be found in the collection of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
- Image: a beautifully colored copper engraving of a vivid scene drawn by Justus Versteegh (c.1734-1819)
- year: 1772
- quality: excellent
- signed: printed below plate
- image size: 34.8 x 44.6 cm | 13.7 x 17.6 in (h x w)
- sheet or frame size: 53.1 x 63.7 cm | 20.9 x 25.1 in (h x w)
