Gabriel Perelle, “Landscape with Forest Workers”, c. 1635

Gabriel Perelle (aka Gabriel Perrelle) (1604–1677) / Nicolas Perelle (1631–c1695) / Adam Perelle (1640–1695)

Note that the attribution of this print to Gabriel Perelle, rather than to his sons (Nicolas and Adam), follows the British Museum convention: ”All prints simply signed 'Perelle' in the BM are catalogued under Gabriel's name, as being head of the family” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41616).

“Landscape with Forest Workers” (aka “Landschap met bosarbeiders” [Rijksmuseum title]), c. 1635 (1613 –1657). Plate 19 from an unidentified set of plates—see another print (plate 9) from the same series held by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1956-0517-16.

Note that the Rijksmuseum holds an impression of this print published by Pierre Mariette I (c. 1603–1657) with privilege by the French Crown: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200241674.  

Etching on fine laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 32.5 x 25.8 cm; (dia. image borderline) 21 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “'Inventé et gravé par Perelle'.”; (centre) “5”; (right) “19”.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression with wide margins around the circular image borderline. Beyond marks at the plate edge left during the printing process, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Price & Shipping: AU$284 (approx. US$185.86 / €159.79 / £139.46), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this large and superb etching rendered with the finest of details and capturing the crystal-clear light of the rural landscape in the 17th century, 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

Gabriel Perelle’s etching, “Winter”, c1650

Gabriel Perelle (aka Gabriel Perrelle) (1604–1677) / Nicolas Perelle (1631–c1695) / Adam Perelle (1640–1695)

Note that the attribution of this print to Gabriel Perelle, rather than to his sons (Nicolas and Adam), follows the convention of the British Museum in that prints inscribed with the name, “Perelle,” are catalogued under the father’s name, “Gabriel Perelle” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41615).

“Winter”, c1650, possibly published by Pierre Mariette I (c1603–1657) with royal privilege in Paris (based on other circular prints by the Perelle family).

Etching on laid paper trimmed with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (support sheet) 36.1 x 36.3 cm; (sheet) 22.5 x 22.6 cm; (plate) 21.1 x 21.2 cm; (image borderline) dia. 21 cm.

Lettered in plate along the lower edge: (left) “Perelle Inuent et fecit”; (right) “Drevet Auec priuilege”.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed impression trimmed with a narrow margin around the platemark and laid upon a sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. Beyond restored/replenished upper and lower margin corners, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing.

I am selling this very strong (even magnificent!) impression of one of the Perelle’s largest round formatted etchings showing a herdsman with cattle at the edge of a stream in the foreground with more figures in the distance in a snow blanketed and well-treed landscape, for AU$279 (currently US$178.82/EUR181.04/GBP155.60 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 large and superb etching rendered with the finest of details and capturing the soft light and darkened sky of winter in the 17th century rural landscape, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Gabriel Perelle’s etchings, “Plate 119” & “Plate 120”, c1657

Gabriel Perelle (aka Gabriel Perrelle) (1604–1677) / Nicolas Perelle (1631–c1695) / Adam Perelle (1640–1695)

Note that the attribution of this print to Gabriel Perelle, rather than to his sons (Nicolas and Adam), follows the convention of the British Museum in that prints inscribed with the name, “Perelle,” are catalogued under the father’s name, “Gabriel Perelle” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41615).

(Upper) “Plate 119” (aka “Figuren op pad richting ruïnes”; “Figures on their Way to Ruins”, c1657 (1613–1695), initially published in Paris by Pierre Mariette I (c1603–1657) and/or Pierre Mariette II (1634–1716) (see the description of this print and its publication details offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.161956).

(Lower) “Plate 120” (aka “Landschap met figuur op lastdier”; “Landscape with figure on beast of burden”, c1657 (1613–1695), initially published in Paris by Pierre Mariette I and/or Pierre Mariette II (see the description of this print and its publication details offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.161955).

Note that the attribution date (1657) for both prints is based on the date of death (1657) of the publisher, Pierre Mariette I (c1603–1657), but see also the dates of attribution for both prints proposed by the Rijksmuseum (1613–1695).

Etchings on fine wove (China?) paper trimmed with small margins around the plate marks and laid onto separate support sheets.

Size of upper etching: (sheet) 16.3 x 23.3 cm; (plate) 15.3 x 22.1 cm; (image borderline) 13.9 x 21.4 cm.

Size of lower etching: (sheet) 16.8 x 24.2 cm; (plate) 14.6 x 22.3 cm; (image borderline) 13.1 x 21.5 cm.

Upper plate numbered in plate below the image borderline: (right) “119”.

Lower plate lettered and numbered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Perelle fe.”; (right) “120”.

Condition: strong and well-printed impressions showing no signs of wear to the printing plates, with small margins around the platemarks and laid upon separate archival support sheets of millennium quality washi paper. Both sheets are in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this pair of finely executed (almost jewel-like) landscape etchings from the 1600s for the total price of AU$400 for the pair (currently US$276.34/EUR262.33/GBP226.37 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 pair of highly detailed panoramic landscapes capturing the warm sparkling light and clean air of the rural countryside in the 17^th century, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Two horizontal landscape etchings by Gabriel Perelle, c1673–1692

Gabriel Perelle (aka Gabriel Perrelle) (1604–1677) / Nicolas Perelle (1631–c1695) / Adam Perelle (1640–1695)

Note that the attribution of this print to Gabriel Perelle, rather than to his sons (Nicolas and Adam), follows the convention of the British Museum in that prints inscribed with the name, “Perelle,” are catalogued under the father’s name, “Gabriel Perelle” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41615).

(Upper) “Horizontal landscape with two figures at lower left viewing a lake” (descriptive title only), c1673–1692, published in Paris by Pierre Drevet (1663–1738) with royal privilege granted by Louis XIV (King of France).

(Lower) “Horizontal landscape with herdsman and cattle at lower right beside a watercourse” (descriptive title only), c1673–1692, published in Paris by Pierre Drevet with royal privilege.

Note that the later attribution date (1692) to both prints is based on the date of Pierre Drevet’s first business address as a publisher and the earlier attribution date is based on the date of attribution offered by the Rijksmuseum for other prints by Perelle with the similar publication details and format (see http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.162001).

Etchings on laid paper trimmed  with small margins around the image borderlines and laid onto separate support sheets.

Size of upper etching: (sheet) 12.2 x 22.9 cm; (plate) 10.7 x 21.7 cm; (image borderline) 9.5 x 21.1 cm.

Size of lower etching: (sheet) 11.5 x 19.5 cm; (plate) 11.2(?) x 19.3(?); (image borderline) 10 x 18.8 cm.

Both etchings are lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Perelle In / et fecit”; (right) “Drevet auec priuilege”.

Condition: well-printed impressions showing slight wear to the printing plates laid upon separate archival support sheets of millennium quality washi paper. Both sheet are in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling these finely executed landscape etchings from the 1600s for the total price of AU$304 for the pair (currently US$218.36/EUR192.13/GBP160.68 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 pair of highly detailed panoramic landscapes capturing the sparkling light and clean air of the rural countryside in the 17^th century, 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

Gabriel Perelle’s etching, “Landscape with Two Men in a Clearing”, c1645

Gabriel Perelle (aka Gabriel Perrelle) (1604–1677) / Nicolas Perelle (1631–c1695) / Adam Perelle (1640–1695)

Note that the attribution of this print to Gabriel Perelle, rather than to his sons (Nicolas and Adam), follows the convention of the British Museum in that prints inscribed with the name, “Perelle,” are catalogued under the father’s name, “Gabriel Perelle” (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG41615).

“Landscape with Two Men in a Clearing” (aka “Landschap met twee mannen op open plek op voorgrond” [Rijksmuseum title]), c1645 (Rijksmuseum’s date: 1613–1657), plate 21 from an early/later unidentified numbered series, changed to plate 4 when the plate was published by Pierre Mariette I (c1603–1657) with royal privilege in Paris (see http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.162144).

Etching on fine handmade Oriental (China) wove paper with deckle edges and binding marks on the left side.

Size: (sheet) 41.2 x 25.5 cm; (plate) 20.9 x 20.6 cm; (image borderline dia.) 20.4 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Inuenté et graué par Perelle.”; (right) “21”.

Condition: a superb, richly inked and well-printed impression in excellent condition with no tears, holes, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.

I am selling this very strong impression of a round formatted scene showing travellers resting at a hillside clearing with a sweeping view to far distance—for AU$279 (currently US$204.70/EUR179.95/GBP152.20 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 large and magnificent etching—this is one of Perelle’s largest plates—rendered with the finest of details and capturing the sparkling light and clean air of the rural countryside in the 17^th century, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.