Charles
Louis Kratke (aka
Charles-Louis Krätke) (1848– 1921)
“Le Bain de
Diane” (as titled on plate), late 1800s (?), after the painting, “The Bath of Diana”, 1855, in the
collection of the Dallas Museum of Art—note that there
is also a larger version of this painting, “The Company of Diana, Impression of
Morning”, 1855, in the collection of the Musée des Beaux Arts in Bordeaux—by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), published
and printed by Georges Petit in Paris and also published by Charles F
Haseltine in Philadelphia.
Etching on cream
coloured chine collé (China) on heavy wove paper with wide margins (as published).
Size: (sheet)
61.6 x 81 cm; (plate) 51.5 x 67.5 cm; (chine collé) 50.2 x 65.7 cm; (image
borderline) 42.6 x 61.4 cm.
Inscribed on
plate within the image borderline: (lower right corner) “COROT”.
Lettered on
plate below the image borderline: (left) “PEINT PAR C. COROT/ CHARLES F
HASELTINE. 1416 & 1418, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.”; (centre) IMPRIMERIE
GEORGES PETIT, PARIS,/ Le bain de Diane”; (right) GRAVÉ PAR
L. KRATKÉ./ Paris, Publié par GEORGES
PETIT, 12, Rue Godot de Mauroy.”
Condition:
richly inked and strong velvety impression with wide margins (as published).
The sheet has traces of wiped printing ink, otherwise it is in good condition for
its age and large size.
I am selling
this huge and poetically glowing etching of the huntress goddess, Diana, taking
a backward splash on the shore of Lake Nemi accompanied by her companions and
her hunting dogs all bathed in early morning light, for a total cost of AU$362
(currently US$248.13/EUR224.41/GBP189.02 at the time of this listing) 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 magnificent etching that is so rare that it does not seem to be in any of
the major museum collections—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
