Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, “The Chronicler”, c.1778

Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (aka Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gordaine) (1745–1830)

“The Chronicler”, c.1778 (c.1774–c.1789).

Etching on fine Japan paper with narrow margins around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 3.4 x 3 cm; (plate) 2.6 x 2.2cm.

Hillemacher 23 (Frédéric Hillemacher 1877, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin”, Paris, cat. no. 23).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Seated man reading a book in a dark interior lit by the window on the left c.1774/89 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-310).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Rijksmuseum: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105122/the-chronicler-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine; https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200238288.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with narrow margins laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent/museum quality condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains. 

I am selling this exceptionally small treasure of an etching—around the size of a thumbprint—by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for the total cost of AU$302 (approximately US$196.03, EUR 168.29 or GBP 145.32), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this miniature masterwork from the 1700s following in the tradition of Rembrandt, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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