Frédéric Jacque’s etching, “La Ferme de Barbizon (La Nuit)”

Frédéric Jacque (1859–1931)

“La Ferme de Barbizon (La Nuit)” (Barbizon Farmhouse [Night), 1880, printed by G Malthe (fl.1850–1900) and published in 1891in an edition of 550 impressions by A Ferroud and Benezit-Constant in Paris, and Harry C Dickens in London as an inserted original etching between pages 88 and 89 in “Le livre D’Or de J.-F. Millet par un Ancien Ami” (see https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008236248/page/n105/mode/2up).

Etching with dot roulette, aquatint(?) and plate tone printed in Umber ink on buff-coloured laid paper (watermark featuring the Strasburg lily) with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 27.7 x 34.9 cm; (plate) 16.6 x 23.2 cm; (image borderline) 13.7 x 21.1 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Jacque, inv. & sc.”; (centre) “LA FERME DE BARBIZON/ (La Nuit.)”; (right) “G. Malthe, imp.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with generously wide margins. There is slight mottling—I am uncertain if this is an intrinsic quality of the paper or simply age-toning—otherwise the sheet is in excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this very poetic etching showing an evening view of the house in the village of Barbizon belonging to Charles Jacque—one of the luminaries of the Barbizon School—and his son who made this etching (see https://www.loc.gov/item/2016796494/), for the total cost of AU$220 (currently US$157.02/EUR134.14/GBP115.31 at the time of posting 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 this subtle etching of night, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Frédéric Jacque’s etching, “La Veillée à Barbizon”, 1880

Frédéric Jacque (1859-1931)

“La Veillée à Barbizon” (The evening activities [vigil] at Barbizon), 1880, printed by G Malthe (fl.1850–1900) and published in 1891 in an edition of 550 impressions by A Ferroud and Benezit-Constant in Paris, and Harry C Dickens in London as plate 8 (of 17) to “Le livre D’Or de J.-F. Millet par un Ancien Ami”.

Note: someday soon I may be able to offer an intact copy of this publication as my records show that I have a copy bound in leather and numbered 403 in the edition of 550 with a handwritten note (untranslated). At present, however, the book is hiding somewhere on my bookshelves waiting to be discovered.

Etching with dot roulette and plate tone on watermarked cream (Hollande teinté) laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 32.6 x 22.9 cm; (plate) 20.7 x 15.4 cm; (image borderline) 19 x 14.2 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “F. Jacque, inv. & sc.”; (centre) “LA VEILLÉE À BARBIZON”; (right) “G. Malthe, imp.”

Condition: a richly inked, faultless impression in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this Rembrandtesque masterwork of etching by Charles Jaque’s son, showing a rural house at night illuminated by the light from a window and by a lamp carried by a woman and her child about to ascend an exterior staircase, for a total cost of AU$203 (currently US$157.24/EUR130.92/GBP113.29 at the time of this listing) 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 poetically beautiful etching executed at the height of the Etching Revival period—note the artist’s clear joy in portraying features of the scene that are in almost complete darkness—and at a time when artists were increasingly becoming fascinated by the effects of light, 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