Alphonse Leroy, “Study of a Woman”, 1860, after Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

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

“Study of a Woman” (aka “Étude de Femme”), 1860, after a drawing by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (aka Pierre Paul Prudhon) (1758-1823), plate 25 (XXV) 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 grey-blue coloured ink on chine collé (China paper) on a sheet of blue wove paper as published.

Size: (sheet) 53.6 x 34.3cm; (chine collé) 49 x 30.3 cm; (image borderline) 43.7 x 26.7 cm.

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

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par Prudhon.”; (centre) “Eudes Imp, Paris/ Prudhon (Pierre Paul) Peintre Francais, Né á Cluny (Seine et Oise) en 1760. Mort en 1823./ DUSACO & C^ie. 14 Boulevart Poissonniere, Paris”; (right) Gravè par Alphonse Leroy.”

Guermonprez & Lothe 68 (Paul Guermonprez & José Lothe 2007, “Alphonse Leroy Graveur 1820–1902”, Paris, Héritage Architecturel, p. 160, cat. no. 68).

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

I am selling this large crayon-manner engraving designed as a drawing lesson study, for AU$256 (approximately US$166.63, EUR 142.32 or GBP 122.94), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful figure study, 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.

Alphonse Leroy’s Crayon-manner engraving, “Head of a Young Man Wearing a Flat Cap”, c1858, after Raphael

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

“Head of a Young Man Wearing a Flat Cap” (descriptive title only), 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: (support sheet) 57.9 x 43.7 cm; (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) “Imp^e. Eudes, Paris./ DUSACO & C^ie 14,Boulevart Poissonnière Paris”; (right) Gravè par Alphonse Leroy.”

The British Museum offers a description of the series of which this engraving is a part: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0212-20-39.

Condition: a well-printed impression with areas of 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 (currently US$170.86/EUR170.52/GBP144.21 at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

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.

Alphonse Leroy’s Crayon-manner engraving, “Study of a Man’s Head Facing Left”, c1858, after Andrea del Sarto

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

“Study of a Man’s Head Facing Left” (descriptive title only), c1858, after a drawing (1488) by Andrea del Sarto (aka Andrea Vannucchi) (1486–1530), plate 14 (XIV) 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.

The British Museum offers a description of the series of which this engraving is a part:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0212-20-39.

Crayon-manner engraving with aquatint(?) and plate tone, printed in a sanguine coloured ink on chine collé (China paper) on heavy blue wove paper with a wide margin.

Size: (sheet) 28.1 x 40.5 cm; (image borderline) 26.8 x 39.5 cm.

Numbered and lettered on plate above the image borderline: (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ FAC-SIMILE DES GRANDS MAÎTRES.”; (right) “Pl. XIV.”

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par André del Sarto”; (centre) “Imp Eudes Paris/ Andrea del sarto, né á Florence en 1488, mort dans la meme ville en 1530./ DUSACQ & Cie 14, Boulevart Poissonniere, Paris”; (right) “Gravé par Alphonse Leroy.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with a generously wide margin. The sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this large crayon-manner engraving designed as a drawing lesson study, for [deleted] 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.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally sensitive translation of the texture of a chalk drawing into an engraving, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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