Israel Silvestre, “View of Piere Ensize at Lyon”, c.1648

Israel Silvestre (aka Israel Sylvestre) (1621–1691)

“View of Piere Ensize at Lyon” (aka “Veuë de Piere Ensize à Lion”), c.1648, from a series of six plates, “Landscapes in France and Italy in Circles”, published by Jean Leblond I (aka Jean Le Blond) (c.1590/1594–1666) with the royal privilege of Louis XIV (King of France).

Etching on laid paper, trimmed with thread margins around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 11.7 x 12 cm.

Lettered in plate: (upper left) “Veuë de Piere”; (upper right) “Ensize a Lion”; (lower left) “Le Blond excud.”; (lower right) “cum priuil Regis”.

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The British Museum and the Rijksmuseum offer descriptions of this print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_X-9-257) and https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200255224.

Condition: This is a well-printed early impression, still showing the original lettering guidelines at the upper right. The print has been trimmed with a thread margin around the platemark and is backed with archival (millennium-quality) washi paper, providing wide margins. The sheet is in good condition, with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains.

The total price for this historically significant, circular-format scene of a portside view in Lyon during the mid-1600s—depicting the banks of the Saône River—is AU$249 (approximately US$165.91, EUR €140.84, or GBP £121.85). This price includes worldwide express shipping. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you're interested in acquiring this interesting etching of the rocky promontory of Pierre Encize (“Incised Rock”) in Lyon, featuring the castle of Pierre Scize (formerly the Château de Pierre Scize) atop, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will gladly send you a PayPal invoice for a smooth and secure transaction.

Note that currently mail services from Australia to the USA have been suspended. Consequently, at the moment I am unable to accept purchases needing shipping to the United States.

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Gabriel Pascal Quidor, “Roger délivrant Angélique”, c.1900, after Ingres

Gabriel Pascal Quidor (1875–1928)

“Roger délivrant Angélique” (Roger freeing Angelique), c.1900, a proof impression on Japanese paper with wide margins before lettering. The sheet has the blind-stamp, of the Société Française des Amis des Arts, “ATS” (lugt 121) at lower right. I understand that the Société Française des Amis des Arts (c.1885–1914?) created an annual album of unpublished prints reproducing works exhibited at the Salons for its subscribing members and the prints in these albums are marked with the embossed stamp of the society.

This etching is after the 1819 painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) in the Louvre Museum (inv. 5419), which shows Princess Angelica, the daughter of the King of Cathay, tied to a rock being rescued from the jaws of a sea monster by the knight, Roger (aka Ruggiero), riding a hippogriff (a half eagle and half horse creature).

Etching on Japanese paper with the blind-stamp of the Société Française des Amis des Arts.

Size: (sheet) 45.6 x 32.5 cm; (plate) 34.3 x 29.6 cm; (image borderline) 30.7 x 26.8 cm.

Faintly scratch inscribed in plate: (right-of-centre following oval frame at lower edge) “[…?] Quidor”.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (faultless) impression with generously wide margins in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds or stains.

I am selling this magnificent and rare etching for the total price of AU$297 (approximately US$197.68, EUR 168.55, or GBP 145.86), which includes worldwide express shipping. Please be aware that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful translation of Ingres' famous painting into engraved lines, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Pierre Lepautre, “Allegory of Poetry”, 1690, after Alexandre Ubelesqui

Pierre Lepautre (aka Pierre Le Pautre; Pierre Lepaultre) (1652–1716)

“Allegory of Poetry” (aka “La Poesie”; “Allégorie de la Poésie” [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84357441.item]),1690, after a painting by Alexandre Ubelesqui (known in his lifetime by only his first name, Alexandre, as inscribed in the plate, also known as Alexandre Ubeleski and Alexandre Ubielesqui) (1649–1718), from the series, “Le Cabinet des beaux Arts ou Recueil d'Estampes gravées d'apres les Tableaux d'un plafond ou les beaux Arts sont representés Avec l'explication de ces memes Tableaux” (The Cabinet of Fine Arts or Collection of Prints Engraved after the Paintings of a Ceiling Where the Fine Arts Are Represented with the Explanation of These Same Paintings), published in Paris by Jacques Chéreau (aka Chéreau le jeune) (1688–1776).

The British Museum advises that the series is “after a ceiling painting representing Apollo, Mercury, Minerva and allegories of the Liberal Arts, by and after various French artists” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1849-1031-463-478).

Engraving with etching on laid paper with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.3 x 28.4 cm; (plate) 16.6 x 27 cm; (oval image borderline) 15.2 x 25.1 cm.

Lettered in plate below the oval image borderline: (left) “Alexandre jnuenit et Pinxit”; (left of centre) “A Paris chez Jac. Chereau rue”; (centre) “LA POESIE.”; (right of centre) “S^t. Jacques au grand S^t. Remi”; (right) “P. le Pautre delineauit et fecit 5.y.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. There is a significant ink mark outside the oval image borderline at right and minor surface handling marks, otherwise the sheet is in a fair to good condition with no tears or holes.

I am offering this intriguing Baroque engraving depicting an allegorical personification of the art of poetry and its vital role within the arts during the seventeenth century. Notice, for example, the stage scene on the left featuring Pierre Corneille’s play “Cinna”—a tragedy about the Roman poet Cinna, who was falsely accused of conspiracy—written just forty-nine years before this print was made, and shortly before the painting it reproduces. The theatrical intrigue involving a poet within the composition would have resonated at the time, especially considering the political tensions surrounding Louis XIV.

Additionally, the composition includes dramatically lit putti figures to the left of the reclining figure personifying poetry and prose, depicted as a woman wearing a laurel wreath, in a meditative and transcendent state. Her creative inspiration is heralded by a putto blowing a trumpet, announcing her fame, while another holds up a theatrical mask on the right—emphasising the connection between poetry, performance, music, and inspiration.

The total price for this remarkable engraving is AU$249 (approximately US$165.64, EUR 141.19, or GBP 122.10), which includes worldwide express shipping. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you're interested in acquiring this rare and marvellous Baroque engraving, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will gladly send you a PayPal invoice for a smooth and secure transaction.

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Eugène Burnand, “The Last Judgement”, c.1908

Eugène Burnand (1850–1921)

“Le Jugement Dernier” (The Last Judgement), c.1908, artist’s proof with a pencil-signed dedication to the painter Lucien Monrod (aka Lucien Hector Monrod) (1867–1957), before lettering for publication in Paris in 1908 by Berger-Levraultas as Plate X facing page 140, from the series “Les Paraboles” (The Parables) illustrating a verse from the “Parable of the Sheep and the Goats”: “J'étais en prison, et vous ne m'avez pas visité” (I was in prison, and you did not visit me [Matthew 25:43]).

Archive.org offers an online view of the publication in which this print features: https://archive.org/details/lesparaboles00burn/page/140/mode/2up.

Lithograph printed in black on heavy wove paper with a pencil-signed inscription at lower right.

Regarding the development of the prints illustrating “Les Paraboles”, Dr Douglas Jenkinson offers the following interesting explanation: “There were 84 pictures in all and he used a unique personal method to produce them. The foundation or base consisted of a Conté crayon drawing with strongly applied charcoal. He then went over this framework with a colour wash, with Indian ink, with gouache and then heightened the whole with red chalk and some added tones of red or yellow coloured pencils. Only a small number were printed in colour” (https://www.eugene-burnand.com/Parables/Parables.htm).

For a marvellous book on Burnand’s exquisite portrait drawings and other works, see Shirley Darlington 2016, “Eugene Burnand: In Search of the Swiss Artist {1850–1921)”, London Unicorn Press (ISBN 9781910500507).

Size: (sheet) 35.9 x 24.1 cm; (image borderline) 29.7 x 19.3 cm.

Inscribed in pencil with a dedication and signed by the artist: (lower right) “A mon cher confrère Lucien Monod/ en reconnaissant souvenir/ Eug. Burnand” (To my dear colleague Lucien Monod/ in grateful memory/ Eug. Burnand).

Proof state before lettering for publication.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression. There is significant pale foxing, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition with no tears or holes.

I am selling this exceptionally rare lithograph with a pencil inscription by the artist for the total price of AU$257 (approximately US$170.96, EUR 145.72, or GBP 126.02), which includes worldwide express shipping. Please be aware that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this outstanding lithograph of the utmost rarity, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Note that currently mail services from Australia to the USA have been suspended. Consequently, at the moment I am unable to accept purchases needing shipping to the United States.