Antique Engraving – Huahine Island – French Polynesian Culture – Captain Cook. This fascinating engraving originates from’”Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majestà Britannique” or “An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere”. The work was published in Paris from 1778 […]
Day: August 8, 2023
Antique Engraving Print Portrait of Clement Marot French Poet, Humanist
Antique Engraving Print – Portrait of Clement Marot – French Poet, Humanist. Clement Marot (1496 – 1544) – the most famous French poet and humanist of the Renaissance. Sympathized with the Reformation. The son of the poet Jean Marot, who was part of the group of great rhetoricians. Perhaps between 1510 and 1515 he attended […]