Jules Jacquemart, “The Approach of the Storm”, 1872, after Jan van de Capelle

Jules Jacquemart (also known as Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart) (1837–1880)

“The Approach of the Storm” (“L'Approche de L'Orage”), 1872 (published 1875)

Technical Details & Condition:

Etching on fine cream laid paper with generously wide full margins as issued. It was printed in Paris by François Liénard (active c. 1860s–1880s) and published in 1875, facing pate 384, in the first volume of the French art periodical “L'Art.” The etching is based on a painting by Jan van de Capelle (also known as Jan van de Cappelle) (1624–1679).

The impression is strong, crisp and evenly printed—a faultless impression. Aside from a thin area in the lower margin, only visible when the sheet is held to the light, the sheet is in near pristine condition, free of tears, holes, folds, stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:

• Sheet: 27.4 x 37.1 cm
• Platemark: 15.2 x 18.5 cm
• Image borderline: 11.8 x 14.6 cm

In-Plate lettering (below the image):

• Left: “Jan van der Cappelle, pinx. / “L'Art.”
• Centre: “L'APPROCHE DE L'ORAGE”
• Right: “J. Jacquemart, sc. / F^çois Liénard, Imp. Paris.”

References:

• IFF 37 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: HUMBLOT–JYG,” vol. 11, 1960, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, pp. 142–43, cat. no. 37)— Available via Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489301d/f155.item
• British Museum: Museum Number 1877,0210.437— https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-0210-437

Price & Shipping:

AU$214 (approximately US$150.34 / €130.42 / £111.51), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties and taxes (if any) are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you’re interested in acquiring this superb etching of an approaching storm—note how the artist masterfully intensifies the darkness of the advancing storm through subtle tonal gradients back to the horizon—please contact me directly at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll be happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Jules Jacquemart, “Head of Christ”, 1876, after Leonardo da Vinci

Jules Jacquemart (aka Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart) (1837–1880)

“Head of Christ” (aka “Tête de Christ”), 1876, after Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452–1519) c.1494 chalk drawing in the Pinacoteca di Brera that is a study for “The Last Supper” in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_Christ_(Leonardo), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1st February, 1876, between pages 390 and 391.

Note that the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers insights about the drawing that this etching reproduces and advises that the drawing may not be by Da Vinci; see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283132.

 Etching and drypoint with pale plate tone on fine laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 21 x 16.5 cm; (plate) 15.6 x 11.5 cm (image borderline) 11 x 8.5 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (right) “Imp. A. Salmon.”

Scratch inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “Jules Jacquemart sculpt/ d’après le Desssin original de Léonard de Vinci”.

Beraldi 315 (Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: GUÉRIN–LACOSTE”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 209, cat. no. 315); IFF 43 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1960, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: HUMBLOT–JYG”, vol. 11, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, p. 143, cat. no. 43 [see: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489301d/f155]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression in a near pristine condition laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this small and sensitively executed study of Christ’s head, for the total price of AU$198 (approximately US$129.79, EUR 110.19 or GBP 95.10), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this beautiful and very fine etching with drypoint, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jules Jacquemart, “Jacob van Veen”, 1871, after Marten van Heemskerck

Jules Jacquemart (aka Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart) (1837–1880)

“Jacob van Veen”, 1871, after Maarten van Heemskerck’s (aka Martin Heemskerk;  Maarten van Veen) (1498–1574) portrait executed in 1532 of his father, Jacob Willemsz van Veen (1456–1535), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436638 [inv. no 71.36]), printed by François Liénard (fl.c1860s–1880s) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1^st January, 1872, between pages 34 and 35.

Etching on fine laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 27.5 x 18.2 cm; (plate) 19.8 x 14.8 cm (image borderline) 11 x 7.7 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Marten ven Heemskerck, pinx./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “JACOB VAN VEEN/ Metropolitan Museum of art/ of New-York”; (right) “J.Jacquemart, sculp./ Imp. F^s. Liénard.”

Scratch inscribed in plate very faintly below the first line of the lettered text: “Jules Jacquemart aq. for. 1871”.

Beraldi 277 (Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: GUÉRIN–LACOSTE”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 207, cat. no. 277).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1982-U-1277.   

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with wide margins in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this small and visually arresting etching translating Van Heemskerck’s portrait of his father into line, for AU$189 (equivalent to approximately US$121.08, EUR 108.23, or GBP 91.02 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$189).

If you are interested in purchasing this extraordinarily fine etching capturing the penetrating gaze of Maarten van Heemskerck’s father a few years before he died at what must have been the grand age at the time of seventy-nine, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jules Jacquemart, “Portrait of Rembrandt”, 1869, after Rembrandt

Jules Jacquemart (aka Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart) (1837–1880)

“Portrait of Rembrandt”, 1869, after Rembrandt’s (aka Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) (1606–1669) self-portrait (c1668) in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne (inv. no. WRM 2526; see https://www.wallraf.museum/en/collections/baroque/masterpieces/rembrandt-harmenz-van-rijn-self-portrait-c-1668/the-highlight/), printed by Delâtre (possibly Auguste Delâtre [aka Auguste Marie Delâtre] [1822–1907]) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, 1^st January, 1870, between pages 466 and 467 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2030922/f542.double).

Etching on fine laid paper, trimmed around the platemark and publication details and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 25 x 16.8 cm; (image borderline) 17.6 x 13.8 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “1869. Jules Jacquemart aqua f[ti?]/ d'apres Rembrandt./ PORTRAIT DE [crest with logo: ‘EX MUSEO L. DOUBLE’] REMBRANDT”; (right) “Imp. Delâtre Paris.

Beraldi 270 (Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: GUÉRIN–LACOSTE”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 207, cat. no. 270).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Rembrandt laughing, after the self-portrait of the artist; the painter depicted as an elderly man seen half-length, turned to the left, looking towards the viewer and laughing; he wears a flat cap and a pendant; on the left is a human figure, possibly a statue or a painting” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-0610-818).

See also the description of this print offered by the Yale University Art Gallery: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/13778.  

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless impression trimmed slightly within the platemark and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.

I am selling this amazingly skilful etching showing great creative invention in transcribing the impasto textures and nuances of colour tones of Rembrandt’s painting into line, for the total cost of AU$218 (currently US $141.96/EUR 130.08/GBP110.90 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. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$218) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this extraordinarily fine etching capturing the depth of dark shadows and gleam of light and colour reflected from the almost sculpted brushstrokes of Rembrandt’s self-portrait, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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