Bernard Picart, “Academic Study of a Female Nude”, 1733

Bernard Picart (1673–1733)
“Academic Study of a Female Nude” (or “Naakte Vrouw in de Wolken” [Naked Woman in the Clouds]—Rijksmuseum title), 1733

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching and mezzotint printed in sepia ink on wove paper. This is plate 58 in the series of academic figure studies titled “Impostures innocentes, ou Recueil d'Estampes d'après Divers Peintres Illustres” (Innocent Impostures: Collection of Prints after Various Illustrious Painters), first published in Amsterdam in 1734 by the widow of Bernard Picart (Veuve Bernard Picart).

Archive.org offers an online view of this print in its original context alongside other the images in the folio, published by John Boydell (1720–1804) in London: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_impostures-innocentes-o_picart-bernard_1756/page/n109/mode/2up.

The impression is strong and well-printed. Aside from pale foxing in the margin, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, and significant stains.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 35.2 x 23.3 cm
• Platemark: 29.6 x 18.5 cm

Lettering on Plate:
• Upper right corner (indistinct): “58”
• Below the image borderline: “Académie dessinée et Gravée par B. Picart./ l’Original est au Cabinet de Monsr. Walraven à Amsterdam.”

References:
• Dimier 947–956 (Louis Dimier, Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle: Histoire des Vies et Catalogue des Oeuvres, 1928, Paris, Les Éditions G. Van Oest, nos. 947–956)
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1861-1109-800
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200133476

Price & Shipping:
AU$236 (approximately US$166.69 / €141.32 / £123.53), including worldwide express shipping.
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