Charles Courtry, “L'Ecureuse”, 1876, after Jean Siméon Chardin

Charles Courtry (aka Charles Jean Louis Courtry) (1846–1897)

“L'Ecureuse” (aka “The Scullery Maid”; “The Cookmaid”), 1876, after Jean Siméon Chardin’s (aka Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin) (1699–1779) painting, “The Scullery Maid”, c.1738 (see https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110960.html), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts” (1st March, 1876) between pages 430 and 431.

Etching on fine laid paper with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 20.5 x 16.2 cm; (plate, soft impression) 16.8 x 13.4 cm; (image borderline) 13.3 x 11 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “CHARDIN PINX./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “L'ECUREUSE.”; (right) “CH. COURTRY SCULP./ Imp. A. Salmon, Paris.”

IFF 72 (Jean Adhémar 1949, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Cidoine–Daumier”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, p. 280, cat. no. 72 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f292.image]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with a small margin around the platemark and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent (near pristine) condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this finely executed etching after Jean Siméon Chardin’s famous painting, for AU$207 (equivalent to approximately US$132.68, EUR 116.95, or GBP 99.81 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$207).

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally beautiful etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.