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.