Jacob Christof Le Blon
ARTISTJacob Christoph Le Blon, or Jakob Christoffel Le Blon, was a painter and engraver from Frankfurt who invented a halftone color printing system with three and four copper dyes using an RYB color model, which served as the foundation for the modern CMYK system. He used the mezzotint method to engrave three or four copper plates to make prints of paintings and portraits with a wide range of colors.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Jacob Christoph Le Blon (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Jacob Christof Le Blon, wall art & digital downloads
Jacob Christof Le Blon (German, 1667–1741) has 1 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.
Jacob Christoph Le Blon, or Jakob Christoffel Le Blon, was a painter and engraver from Frankfurt who invented a halftone color printing system with three and four copper dyes using an RYB color model, which served as the foundation for the modern CMYK system. He used the mezzotint method to engrave three or four copper plates to make prints of paintings and portraits with a wide range of colors.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Jacob Christof Le Blon's work on the site falls under Prints (1).
Culture: German (1).
By orientation: 1 portrait.
Other German artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Johann Elias Ridinger — 355 artworks
- Elias Baeck — 69 artworks
- Peter Schenk the Elder — 52 artworks
- Franz Joachim Beich — 37 artworks
- Johann Jacob Haid — 20 artworks
- Barbara Regina Dietzsch — 19 artworks
- Franz Werner von Tamm — 19 artworks
- Johann Justin Preissler — 18 artworks
Prints of these artworks
As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 1 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.
Sizes and framing
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.