Charles Émile
Jacque (1813–1894)
“Pastorale” (plate title) (aka “Pastoral Scene” [Met title]),
1864, after Charles Jacque’s painting of the same composition, from an untitled
series of twenty-four etchings published in 1864 (Guiffrey [1866] cat. nos. 177
to 212) and printed by Sarazin (aka Sarasin) (fl.c.1846–1880) in Paris.
Etching on chine collé on heavy wove
paper with wide margins.
Size: (sheet) 43.2 x 30.6 cm; (plate) 28.2
x 21.2 cm; (chine collé) 14.5 x 11.2 cm; (image borderline) 13.4 x 10.5 cm.
Lettered on plate below the image
borderline: (left) “Ch. Jacque pinxt. sculpt.”; (centre) “PASTORALE”; (right) “Imp.
Sarazin Paris”.
State i? (of iv) Lettered state before what
Guiffrey describes as alterations to the whole plate of state ii, work on the heads
of state iii and retouching of the whole plate of state iv.
Guiffrey 1866, 90.180 (J.-J. Guiffrey
1866, “L'Oeuvre de Ch. Jacque”, Paris, Lemaire, p. 90, cat. no. 180); IFF
XI.114.283 (Jean Adhémar, Jacques Lethève 1954, “Inventaire du Fonds Francais
Apres 1800”, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p. 114, cat. no. 283);
Beraldi 1885, VIII.187.180 (Henri Beraldi 1885, “Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième
siècle”, 12 vols, Paris).
Guiffrey (1866) offers the following
description of this print:
(transl.) “Under the shade of a willow and
a few other trees, a young peasant sitting on a mound of greenery bends over
her elbow, listening to the words of the young shepherd seated near her and
armed with a crook. At their feet, the sheep and lambs graze quietly, while the
dog watches over the herd, detaching its dark silhouette against a background
of sun-drenched trees” (p. 90).
See also the descriptions of this print
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco:
Condition: richly inked and near
faultless impression with generous margins. There are remnants of mounting
verso and there is slight darkening of the sheet at the upper and lower edges otherwise
the sheet is in excellent condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions,
losses, stains or foxing).
I am selling this exceptionally
beautiful and ultra-fine masterpiece of 19th century etching executed
by one of the luminaries of the Barbizon School for AU$247 (currently US$159.78/EUR147.22/GBP130.26
at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere
in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this
technically stunning etching exemplifying the artist’s romantic vision of rural
life in France before the advent of industrialisation, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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