Sébastien Bourdon’s etching, “Flight into Egypt” c.1645

Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671)

“Flight into Egypt”, c.1645 (1640–1650), published in Paris by Pierre Ferdinand (1617–1665) and also by Pierre Mariette I (c.1603–1657). This is a nineteenth-century impression with the details of the former publishers erased.

Etching on wove paper with margins.

Size: (sheet) 32.2 x 24.3 cm; (plate) 22.6 x 19.2 cm; (image borderline) 22.2 x 18.8 cm.

inscribed in plate: (on rock ledge) “S. Bourdon In. et fecit”.

State iii (of iii) with the publication details of former states erased.

IFF 17 (Département des Estampes 1939–, “Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du XVIIe Siècle”, vol., 2, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, p. 68, cat. no. 17); LeBlanc 17 (Charles Le Blanc 1851, “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes: contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations”, vol. 1, Paris, P Jannet, p. 495, cat. no. 17).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum:  https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1834-0804-285; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.86629.  

Condition: a well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains (there are faded number notations on the lower right corner) or foxing.

I am selling this sensitively executed and very beautiful etching, for the total cost of AU$288 (currently US$192.50/EUR174.17/GBP153.32 at the time of this listing) 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 superb etching of the Holy Family, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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