Lucien Marcellin Gautier, “Le Quai de la Fraternité à Marseille”, 1883

Lucien Marcellin Gautier (aka Lucien Marcelin Gautier) (1850–1925)

“Le Quai de la Fraternité à Marseille” (The Quay of Fraternity in Marseille), 1883, from the series of fifteen etchings, “Vues de Marseille” (Beraldi 17–31), printed by L Eudes (fl.1876–1888) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “L'Art”, in 1883.

Etching with pale plate tone on laid paper, trimmed with a large margin around the image borderline (2.5 cm top and sides; 3 cm at bottom) and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 26.1 x 41.8 cm; (image borderline) 20.6 x 37 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Lucien Gautier del. & sc./ L’Art.”; (centre) “LE QUAI DE LA FRATERNITÉ À MARSEILLE”; (right) “Imp. Eudes.”

Beraldi 22 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les graveurs du 19e siècle; guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes”, vol. 6, Paris, L Conquet, p. 254, cat. no. 22).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression trimmed with a large margin around the image borderline and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. Beyond a few minor marks mainly in the lower margin, the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes or abrasions.

I am selling this large and historically important etching showing in great detail the famous quay bordering the eastern front of the Old Port of the city of Marseille—interestingly, Wikipedia advises that the quay has had several names through its history: Quai des Augustins (16^th–17^th centuries); Quai Rousseau (1789); Quai Impérial (1807); Quai Monsieur (1814); Quai d'Orléans (1849); Quai Napoléon (1853); Quai de la Fraternité (1871); Quai des Belges (1915); and has currently returned to the name as it was known at the time that this print was published, Quai de la Fraternité — for AU $263 in total (currently US $165.43/ EUR 159.33/GBP 133.01 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$263) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in this grand view of one of the major sites of interest in Marseille, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Alphonse Leroy, “Head of a Young Man Wearing a Beret”, c.1858, after Raphael

Alphonse Leroy (aka Alphonse Alexandre Leroy) (1820–1902)

“Head of a Young Man Wearing a Beret” (aka “Tête de jeune homme coiffée d’un beret”), c1858, after a study by Raphael (aka Raffaello Santi; Raffaello Sanzio; Raffaello) (1483–1520), plate 12 (XII) from the series of 31 plates commissioned under the patronage of Count Alfred Émilien O'Hara van Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892) after old master drawings transcribed as engravings to be used as drawing lesson studies (“Cours de Dessin”) in “Collection de dessins originaux de grands maîtres gravés en fac-simile par Alphonse Leroy; avec texte explicatif par MM. F. Reiset et F. Villot, conservateurs du Musée Imperial du Louvre”, printed by L Eudes (fl.1876–1888) and published in 1857–1859 (for plates 1–20) and 1860 (for plates 21 to 31) by Dusacq & Cie (fl.1864–1869) in Paris.

Crayon-manner engraving with aquatint and plate tone, printed in a sanguine coloured ink on chine collé (China paper) without the original support sheet and replaced with an archival support sheet. Note that Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium offers the following technical description of this print: “etching and soft ground aquatint on paper” (https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1967.64).

Size: (chine collé) 35.7 x 24.2 cm; (image borderline) 27.3 x 22 cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ FAC-SIMILE DES GRANDS MAÎTRES.”; (right) “Pl. XII”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par Raphael Sanzio.”; (left of centre) “Raphaël (Sanzio) né en 1483, mort en 1520.”; (centre) “Impe. Eudes, Paris./ DUSACO & Cie 14,Boulevart Poissonnière Paris”; (right) Gravè par Alphonse Leroy.”

Guermonprez & Lothe 55 (Paul Guermonprez & José Lothe 2007, “Alphonse Leroy Graveur 1820–1902”, Paris, Héritage Architecturel, p. 152, cat. no. 55).

Condition: a well-printed impression with areas of replenished thinness (damages). The sheet has been laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper replacing loss of the original support sheet.

I am selling this large crayon-manner engraving designed as a drawing lesson study, for AU $245 in total (currently US $152.83/ EUR 147.25/ GBP 124.50 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $245) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally beautiful engraving after a study by Raphael—note the similarities between Raphael’s study and the only surviving portrait study by Michelangelo, “Portrait of Andrea Quaratesi”, 1532 (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364526)—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Fernand Desmoulins, “Sperata”, c.1890, after Jean Jacques Henner

Fernand Desmoulins (1858–1914)

“Sperata”, c.1890, drypoint with aquatint after Jean Jacques Henner (1829–1905), a proof before lettering for publication with the details for the printer, L Eudes (fl.1876–1888), in the supplement to the Paris-Noël Journal in Paris (see a lettered state impression offered by Pamono: https://www.pamono.com.au/fernand-desmoulin-sperata-etching-late-19th-century).

Drypoint with aquatint printed in umber coloured ink on buff-coloured wove paper, titled and signed in the plate before lettering with publication details.

Size: (sheet) 38.2 x 30.5cm; (platemark [soft]) 32 X 24.7cm; (image borderline) 27.1 x 21.5cm.

Inscribed in plate: (above the image borderline at centre) “HENNER”; (within the image borderline at upper left) “HENN[E]R”; (within the image borderline at lower right) “f Desmoulin”: (below the image borderline at centre) “SPERATA”.

IFF 27 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1953, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Daumont-Dorange”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 6, p. 413, cat. no. 27 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k54891736/f425]). Note that the IFF catalogue entry for this print has references to additional artists involved in this print that may need to be explored (viz. Maurice Dussolier and L Abbema).

See also the British Museum’s description of this print with a remarque before lettering; see BM inv. no. 1931,1008.12.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression. Beyond minor chips and bumps to the edges, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no significant stains.

I am selling this very beautiful and sensitively executed portrait of a young woman, for AU$212 (currently US$137.23/ EUR130.14/ GBP108.62 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$212) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptional drypoint where the modelling of the portrayed young woman is so finely handled that the portrait seems almost to be in soft focus, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Alphonse Leroy, “Young Boy”, c1858, after Agostino Carracci (formerly Annibale Carracci)

Alphonse Leroy (aka Alphonse Alexandre Leroy) (1820–1902)

“Young Boy” (aka “Jeune Garçon”), c.1858, after the chalk study “Portrait de Jeune Homme”, 1585/1592, in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. 7381, Recto [see https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020004306]) by Agostino Carracci (aka Augustin Carrache) (1557–1602), plate 17 (XVII) from the series of 31 plates commissioned under the patronage of Count Alfred Émilien O'Hara van Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892) after old master drawings transcribed as engravings to be used as drawing lesson studies (“Cours de Dessin”) in “Collection de dessins originaux de grands maîtres gravés en fac-simile par Alphonse Leroy; avec texte explicatif par MM. F. Reiset et F. Villot, conservateurs du Musée Imperial du Louvre”, printed by L Eudes (fl.1876–1888) and published in 1857–1859 (for plates 1–20) and 1860 (for plates 21 to 31) by Dusacq & Cie (fl.1864–1869) in Paris.

Note that the inscription in the plate along the lower edge attributes the original drawing to Annibale Carracci with the life dates of 1560–1618 (instead of 1560–1609). This is a former attribution proposed by the renowned connoisseur, Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774), and the drawing is now attributed to Agostino Carracci (see inv. no. 7381, Recto).

Crayon-manner engraving with dot roulette, aquatint and plate tone, printed in a sanguine-coloured ink on buff-coloured chine collé (China paper) on light blue wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 43.5 x 38.5cm; (platemark) 44.5 X 30.8cm; (chine collé unevenly cut) 42.5 x 29cm; (image borderline) 36.5 x 24.9cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ FAC-SIMILE DES GRANDS MAÎTRES.”; (right) “Pl. XVII.”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par Annibal Carrache.”; (left of centre) “Carrache (Annibal) Peintre Bolonais, né en 1560, mort en 1618.”; (centre) “Imp^e. Eudes, Paris.”; (right) “Gravè par Alphonse Leroy./ DUSACQ & C^ie, B^t Poissonnière,14, Paris”.

Guermonprez & Lothe 60 (Paul Guermonprez & José Lothe 2007, “Alphonse Leroy Graveur 1820–1902”, Paris, Héritage Architecturel, p. 154, cat. no. 60).

Condition: a well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large crayon-manner engraving designed as a study for copying by art students, for AU$245 (currently US$158.37/EUR150.21/GBP125.49 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$245) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally beautiful engraving after a chalk study by Agostino Carracci (in the collection of the Louvre), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Alphonse Leroy, “Head of a Young Boy”, c1858, after Annibale Carracci

Alphonse Leroy (aka Alphonse Alexandre Leroy) (1820–1902)

“Head of a Young Boy” (“Tête d’enfant”), c1858, after the chalk study “Buste d'enfant, la tête tournée de trois quarts vers la gauche”, 1585/1592, in the collection of the Musée du Louvre (inv. no. 7376 [see https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020004301]) by Annibale Carracci (aka Annibal Carrache) (1560–1609), plate 15 (XV) from the series of 31 plates commissioned under the patronage of Count Alfred Émilien O'Hara van Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892) after old master drawings transcribed as engravings to be used as drawing lesson studies (“Cours de Dessin”) in “Collection de dessins originaux de grands maîtres gravés en fac-simile par Alphonse Leroy; avec texte explicatif par MM. F. Reiset et F. Villot, conservateurs du Musée Imperial du Louvre”, printed by L Eudes (fl.1876–1888) and published in 1857–1859 (for plates 1–20) and 1860 (for plates 21 to 31) by Dusacq & Cie (fl.1864–1869) in Paris.

Crayon-manner engraving with aquatint and plate tone, printed in a sepia-coloured ink on chine collé (China paper) on light blue wove paper.

Size: (sheet) 50.3 x 36.1 cm; (platemark) 43.5 X 29.8 cm; (chine collé) 41.6 x 28 cm; (image borderline) 33 x 25.2 cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ FAC-SIMILE DES GRANDS MAÎTRES.”; (right) “Pl. XV”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par Annibal Carrache.”; (left of centre) “Carrache (Annibal), Peintre Bolonais, né en 1560, mort en 1618.”; (centre) “Imp^e. Eudes, Paris./ DUSACO & C^ie, 14,Boul^t Poissonnière, Paris”; (right) Gravè par Alphonse Leroy.”

Guermonprez & Lothe 58 (Paul Guermonprez & José Lothe 2007, “Alphonse Leroy Graveur 1820–1902”, Paris, Héritage Architecturel, p. 153, cat. no. 58).

Condition: a well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large crayon-manner engraving (with aquatint) designed as a drawing lesson study, for AU$245 (currently US$164.92/EUR148.30/GBP125.13 at the time of posting this print) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$245) as this is my currency.

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