Eugène Gaujean, “The Birth of Venus”, 1886, after Botticelli

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“The Birth of Venus” (aka “La Naissance de Vénus”), 1886, after the famous painting by Sandro Botticelli (aka, Sandro di Mariano Filepepe Botticelli; Alessandro Filipepe) (c.1444/5–1510) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus), printed by A Clément (fl.c.1886-1892) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, in September 1886 between pages 186 and 187.

Etching on wove paper trimmed around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.9 x 26.8cm; (plate) 18.5 x 26.7cm; (image borderline) 15.1 x 24cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Sandro Botticelli pinx./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “LA NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS/ Musée des Offices, à Florence.)”; (right) “E. Gaujean sc./ Imp. A. Clément_Paris”.

Beraldi 27 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle”, vol. 6, Paris, L Conquet, p. 245, cat. no. 27).

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

I am selling this jewel-like etching executed with amazing dexterity and precision “at the very time”, according to Henri Beraldi (1887) in translation, “when the public was showing an undeniable weariness with the loose etching that had been overused…” (p.243), for AU$227 (approximately US$147.08, EUR 18126.85, or GBP 110.80), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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

Jan Glauber, “Father Time”, c,1686, after Gérard de Lairesse

Jan Glauber (aka Joannes Glauber; Johannes Glauber; Polidoro; Polydor) (1646–c.1726)

“Father Time” (aka “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; “Everything Comes to an End”), c.1686 (1661–1726), plate 28 from a series of thirty plates, “Historical and Mythological Subjects”, after a drawing in red chalk by Gérard de Lairesse (1640–1711), “Le Temps, figure allégorique pour bas-relief”, in the collection of the Louvre (see https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020107529 [note that there are arguments regarding attribution]) and a lost painting by the same artist, published in Amsterdam by Leonard Schenk (aka Leonard Schenck; Leon Schenk) (fl.1720-1746).

Etching on laid paper (with watermark).

Size: (sheet) 42.8 x 30.5cm; (plate) 35.8 x 24.8cm; (image borderline) 34.9 x 23.7cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate within the image borderline: (lower centre) “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; (lower right corner) “28”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Ger. Laires Pin. et Delin.”; (centre) “Leon: Schenk exc.”; (right) “Joannes Glauber Sculp.”

State iv (of iv) with the addition of Leonard Schenk as the publisher and the plate number, “28”.

Hollstein German 67–4(4)

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-4159; https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200197089.

Condition: a strong impression. Beyond a trace of a brown ink notation shining through from recto in the margin at the upper right and small surface marks within the platemark, the sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large and visually arresting etching showing Father Time with his wings outstretched, scythe in hand and an hourglass on his head, borne aloft by a menagerie of wild animals, for AU$324 (approximately US$208.32, EUR 182.42, or GBP 157.90), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

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

This print has been sold