Adolphe
Mouilleron (1820–1881)
A printer’s
folly lithograph printed by Victor Jacques Bertauts (fl.1830s–1880)—a unique
proof of superimposed mirror impressions— “Charles V
Picking up Titian’s Brush” (“Charles Quint ramassant le pinceau du Titien”), c1843,
after Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury’s (1797–1890) painting exhibited
in the Salon of 1843. The published version of this lithograph (without the
superimposition) is from the series, “Album of the Salon of 1843”, showing the
main works exhibited at the Louvre, published in 1843 by Pierre Joseph
Challamel (aka Challamel & Cie) (1813–1849?) in Paris.
Note that there
is a caricature lithograph of the same subject lettered with the title: “Le
Titien mérite bien d'être servi par César, même quand César est abymé de
rhumatisme” (Titian well deserves to be served by Caesar, even when Caesar is
damaged by rheumatism).
Superimposed
two reversed impressions of a crayon-manner lithograph on wove paper trimmed around the (superimposed)
image borderline and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (support
sheet) 43 x 30 cm; (image borderline) 25.5 x 14.1 cm.
Condition: a well-printed
(folly) impression trimmed around the image borderline and laid onto a support of archival
(millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.
I am selling
this playfully composed “folly” lithograph showing mirror images of King
Charles V picking up Titian’s dropped paint brush—a sign of the King’s respect
for the great painter even though the King was suffering rheumatism—for the
total cost of AU$208 (currently US$141.82/EUR134.66/GBP115.53 at the time of
this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) 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 curiously wonderful and unique lithograph, please
contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.
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