[EXLIBRIS:31772] Re: AW: Jonnard engravings

[Bruce Tober <books@star-dot-star.net>]

In message <A7FD3F6D67AD724EB9A867097048A660C64745@dbl-ex2.AD.DDB.DE>, 
"Rüdiger, Bettina" <ruediger@dbl.ddb.de> on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 wrote:
> In "Thieme-Becker"(Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der 
> Antike bis zur Gegenwart), Bd. 19 (1926) you find an article "Jonnard, 
> Paul", in which Jonnard is mentioned as one of the  woodcutters of the 
> Doré-edition of Dante's "Paradis" (1869). ("Mitarbeiter an ... der 
> Doré-Ausgabe von Dante's "Paradis" (1869)). And in "Dantes Göttliche 
> Komödie, Drucke und Illustrationen aus 6 Jahrhunderten, Leipzig 2000, 
> S. 110, the following information on Dorés illustrations for the Divina 
> commedia is given: There were the woodcutters Pannemaker, Gusmand, 
> Jonnard, Pisan and Laplante making woodcuts for Doré, after his 
> drawings, and the plates were used for numerous reprints, followed by a 
> lot of editions with reproductions in lesser quality.
> Maybe this would help you.

Many thanks. I'll let him know.

cheers

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