Artist
P. R. Launay
P. R. Launay is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This 17th-century printmaker carved mythological scenes into copper plates, leaving ink to do the talking. Look for “The Suckling of Hercules,” where baby Hercules gets a divine nursemaid’s milk while snakes coil at the edges. Their sharp burin turned gods and heroes into black-and-white shadows you can almost feel. Tap the print to run your eye along the fine hatching and see how light was cut straight from shadow.
Works by P. R. Launay
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.