Jules Jacquemart, “Head of Christ”, 1876, after Leonardo da Vinci

Jules Jacquemart (aka Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart) (1837–1880)

“Head of Christ” (aka “Tête de Christ”), 1876, after Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452–1519) c.1494 chalk drawing in the Pinacoteca di Brera that is a study for “The Last Supper” in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_Christ_(Leonardo), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1st February, 1876, between pages 390 and 391.

Note that the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers insights about the drawing that this etching reproduces and advises that the drawing may not be by Da Vinci; see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283132.

 Etching and drypoint with pale plate tone on fine laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 21 x 16.5 cm; (plate) 15.6 x 11.5 cm (image borderline) 11 x 8.5 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (right) “Imp. A. Salmon.”

Scratch inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “Jules Jacquemart sculpt/ d’après le Desssin original de Léonard de Vinci”.

Beraldi 315 (Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: GUÉRIN–LACOSTE”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 209, cat. no. 315); IFF 43 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1960, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: HUMBLOT–JYG”, vol. 11, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, p. 143, cat. no. 43 [see: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489301d/f155]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in a near pristine condition laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this small and sensitively executed study of Christ’s head, for the total price of AU$198 (approximately US$129.79, EUR 110.19 or GBP 95.10), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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