FRÉDÉRIC VILLOT (LIÈGE 1809 - 1875 PARIS)
Self-portrait of Eugene Delacroix
inscribed Eug Delacroix se ipsum del. / Fred. Villot sculp 1847
etching and roulette on paper, a fine impression with full margins on paper
209 x 130 mm (plate); 305 x 222 mm (sheet)

LITERATURE:
Beraldi I; Rautmann 1997, pp. 28-32; Exhibtion cat. Karlsruhe 2003, no. 3.

Villot, a curator of paintings and the Louvre and amateur artist, was also a close friend of Delacroix’s, some of whose compositions he etched and engraved.