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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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, “Landscape with Village”, 1778

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

“Landscape with Village” (ala “Gezicht op boerenerf en dorp”; “Le Village”), 1778.

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

Size: (sheet) 6.7 x 11.8 cm; (plate) 6.5 x 11.6 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left) “Norblin fecit xbris 1778”.

Hillemacher 37 (Frédéric Hillemacher 1877, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin”, Paris, p. 28, cat. no. 37); LeBlanc 36 (Charles Le Blanc 1888, “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes: contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations”, vol. 3, Paris, Emile Bouillon, p. 106, cat. no. 366).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “Cottage house, with figure carrying water on the left second state, with clouds indicated in the sky and with the tall tree standing on the right. 1778/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-280).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Rijksmuseum: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105141/landscape-with-village-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.158676.

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 small treasure of a landscape etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$302 (currently US$203.86/EUR182.70/GBP155.73 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$302) as this is my currency.

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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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s etching and drypoint, “Head of a Man with a Curled Moustache”, c.1780

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

“Head of a Man with a Curled Moustache” (ala “Head of Balding Man with Moustache”; “Head of a Man with a Curled Moustache in Three-Quarters Profile”), c.1780 (1780–1789)

Etching and drypoint on fine laid paper with small margins, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 3.6 x 2.9 cm; (plate) 2.6 x 2 cm

Hillemacher 70 (Frédéric Hillemacher 1877, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin”, Paris, p. 39, cat. no. 70).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Head of an old man, turned to right, with short hair and curly moustache; on white ground. c.1780 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-306).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Rijksmuseum: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105167/head-of-a-man-with-a-curled-moustache-in-three-quarters-profile-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.158731.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with small margins (approximately 4 mms). There is the stain at upper left (possibly from mounting glue, verso), otherwise, the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or losses and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this remarkably small etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$256 (currently US$168.57/EUR155.51/GBP132.66 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 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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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s etching (with drypoint), “The Large Bagpiper”, 1787

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

“The Large Bagpiper”, 1787. Note that the word “large” in the title is in reference to the plate size as there is a second etching by Norblin that is is slightly smaller featuring a bagpiper (see BM no. 1853,0312.290: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-290)

Etching and drypoint with pale plate tone on ivory Chinese (wove) paper with small margins and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 9 x 6.3 cm; (plate) 8.3 x 5.6 cm

Inscribed in plate in reverse: (upper right) “Norblin fecit Varsovie 1787”.

State ii with added drypoint outline

Francke 30 (Willibald Franke 1895, “Das radirte Werk des Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine”, Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, p. 34, cat. no. 30);  Hillemacher 1848 27.II; Smolik 44.

Willibald Franke (1895) offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “The Great Bagpiper (H. 27). a man with torn cloak slung over his shoulders head covered with a cap leaning to the right armpit, blows the bagpipe. In the top right corner mirror writing the designation: ‘Norblin fecit Varsovie 1787’ Imprint on Chinese paper.” (p.34).

See also the description of this print offered by The British Museum:

“Standing man playing bagpipes; on white ground; second state, with right arm outlined with drypoint” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-339).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression with small margins (approximately .5 cm) laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this seemingly simple and freely inscribed etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$276 (currently US$207.71/EUR188.41/GBP157.25 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 small 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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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s etching, “Head of Man with Fur Hat and Plume”, 1778

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

“Head of Man with Fur Hat and Plume” (aka “Head of Man with Fur Hat and Feather”), 1778.

Etching on fine laid paper with small margins, backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 2.8 x 2.7 cm; (plate) 1.9 x 1.8 cm

State ii with the addition of the date at upper left: “1778”.

Hillemacher 77ii (Frédéric Hillemacher 1877, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin”, Paris, p. 40, cat. no. 77ii); Cologne 1989, cat. no. 97.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Head of a man in profile to left, wearing a fur hat adorned with a feather; second state, with date. 1778 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-297).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Rijksmuseum: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105173/head-of-man-with-fur-hat-and-feather-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine; http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.158737.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with small margins (approximately 4 mms). The sheet is in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses, stains, foxing, or signs of handling and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper..

I am selling what is probably the tiniest etching I have ever listed—under 2 cm height and width!—by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$256 (currently US$188.75/EUR160.06/GBP136.4 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 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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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s etching, “Raising of Lazarus (Small Plate)”, 1784

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

“Raising of Lazarus (Small Plate)”, 1784

Etching on fine  wove (Japanese) paper trimmed slightly within the platemark on the lower margin and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 16.7 x 13.3 cm; (image borderline) 14.6 x 12.4 cm.

Inscribed on plate with the artist’s monogram and date on the step below Christ and partially erased below the image borderline at lower left.

Hillemacher 1848 8 (Frédéric Hillemacher 1848/77, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de J. P. Norblin”, Paris, p. 15, cat. no. 8); LeBlanc 5 (Charles LeBlanc 1854, “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations: ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet”, vol. 3, Paris, p. 105, cat. no. 5).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Raising of Lazarus: interior of a vault, with Christ standing on the right, surrounded by figures, and Lazarus raising from his grave on the left”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-285).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (https://collections.artsmia.org/art/121352/raising-of-lazarus-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine) and at the Rijksmuseum (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.158683).

Condition: richly inked and well-printed impression trimmed slightly within the lower platemark and laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Beyond a small hole in the lower margin (visible only when the print is held up to the light) the sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing.

I am selling this small jewel of an etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$322 in total (currently US$247.27/EUR205.16/GBP180.03 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 small masterwork from the 1700s following in the tradition of Rembrandt's use of dramatic (chiaroscuro) lighting, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s etching (with drypoint), “Head of a Man with a Full Black Beard,” 1778

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

“Head of a Man with a Full Black Beard,” (MIA title), 1778

Etching and drypoint on ivory wove (China) paper with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (oval sheet) 3.8 x 3.4 cm; (oval plate) 3.1 x 2.8 cm.

Inscribed on plate at left: “Nf./ 1778”.

State iii (of iii) lettered with date. Hillemacher (1848) advises that the first state shows the man without his beard; second state shows the man with a fuller beard and his left shoulder. Hillemacher does not offer a description of the third state but clearly more of the beard is shown than in second state. Accordingly, I have attributed this impression to the third state as the man’s beard is as full as I can envisage a beard might be.

Hillemacher 1848 68 (Frédéric Hillemacher 1848, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin”, Paris, Lacrampe et Fertiaux, pp. 38–39, cat. no. 68).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Head of a stout bearded man, looking to right; within oval. 1778”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-342).

See also the description of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art:

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105165/head-of-a-man-with-a-full-black-beard-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine.

Condition: richly inked and well-printed, faultless impression with a small margin trimmed around the oval platemark. The sheet is in near pristine condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of use) and is laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this small jewel of an etching—the oval image is approximately the size of a thumbprint—by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$280 (currently US$200.89/EUR169.57/GBP153.52 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 small masterwork from the 1700s in the final state where the portrayed man has a full beard unlike the earlier two states where it “grew” from the first state where this man was beardless, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine’s pair of miniature etchings from “Tètes Polonaises,” 1774–1789

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

(left) “Head of a Man with Short Hair,” 1778, from the series of 15 plates, “Tètes Polonaises” (Polish Heads) (Hillemacher 64–78), inscribed on plate (left) “N[f]/ 1778”, state ii (of ii) with monogram and date, Hillemacher 75 (Frederic Hillemacher 1848, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin,” Paris, Lacrampe et Fertiaux, p. 40, cat. no. 75); see the description of this print at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-307).

(right) “Head of a Man with a Fur Cap in Profile, Facing Left,” 1774–1789, from the series, “Tètes Polonaises”, state i (of i), Hillemacher 73; see the description of this print at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-312).

Etchings on ivory wove (China) paper with small margins and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheets cut unevenly) 3.5 x 3.1 cm; (left oval plate) 1.8 x 2.1 cm; (right oval plate) 2.2 x 2.6 cm.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) offers the following insight about the artist:

“Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine was a French painter and printmaker active in Poland in the late 18th century. Norblin's charming miniature etchings, representing mostly male heads, street sellers, and vagabonds, reflect both in subject and technique the profound influence of Rembrandt's prints. Norblin was also drawn to Polish subjects, capturing the unfamiliar, exotic world around him in his depictions of men with colossal fur hats and curled moustaches, Cossacks, and Polish historical figures”

(https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105169/head-of-a-man-with-a-fur-cap-in-profile-facing-left-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine).

Condition: well-printed impressions with small margins laid onto separate support sheets of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. Both sheets have a spot stain in the margin and the right print has a restored corner.

I am selling this pair of very small jewels of etching—the oval images are approximately the size of a thumbnail—by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for AU$500 in total for the pair (currently US$356.69/EUR304.44/GBP277.26 at the time of posting these printa) 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 pair of miniature masterworks from the 1700s following in the tradition of Rembrandt's use of dramatic (chiaroscuro) lighting, but where the rendering of the faces occupy no more space than the size of a pea, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This pair of prints has been sold