Jean-Baptiste Bichard's stipple engraving, “Portrait of Adriaen van Stalbemt”, c1760, after Anthony van Dyck

Jean-Baptiste Bichard (c1722–1774)

“Portrait of Adriaen van Stalbemt” (aka “Stalbent, Peintre Flamand” [title on plate]), c1760, after the design by intermediary draughtsman, Noël Lemire (aka Noël Le Mire) (1724–1801), after Anthony van Dyck (aka Anton van Dyck; Anthony van Dijck; Anthoni van Dijck; Antoon van Dijk) (1599–1641), published by the widow of François Chéreau (1717–1755) in Paris.

Dot roulette (stipple) engraving printed in sanguine coloured ink on laid paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline and retaining the title, but with loss of the publisher’s name and address below the title.

Size: (sheet trimmed unevenly) 59.5 x 42.6 cm; (image borderline) 57 x 41.5 cm.

Numbered on plate above the image borderline at left with loss of the upper portion of the inscribed number [“No. 30”].

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) “A. Van Dyck Pinxit. N. Le Mire Delineavit.”; (centre) “Stalbent, Peintre Flamand.”; (right) “Bichard Sculpsit”.

The Rijksmuseum offers a description of this print:

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.80528

See also the description at Ursus Books:

https://www.ursusbooks.com/pages/books/156163/anthony-van-dyck-after-j-b-bichard/stalbent-peintre-flamand

and at the Museum Sztuki, Zasoby:

https://zasoby.msl.org.pl/arts/view/2669

Condition: crisp impression trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline. The sheet is in a generally good condition for its large size, nevertheless, there is light surface dustiness with tears at the lower edge, truncated lower corners and minor abrasions at the lower right corner. The sheet has been backed with a support sheet of fine archival/millennium quality washi paper.

I am selling this large stipple engraving executed with a dot roulette to create the appearance of a chalk drawing (a technique termed the “crayon manner”), for the total cost of AU$240 (currently US$168.04/EUR148.18/GBP131.96) 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 grand scale portrait of the Flemish painter and printmaker, Van Stalbemt, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Louis Marin Bonnet's crayon-manner etching, “Standing Male Nude”, c1755, after François Boucher

Louis Marin Bonnet (1736–1793)

“Standing Male Nude” (aka “Staande naakte man” [Rijksmuseum title]), c1755, after the intermediary drawing by François Boucher (1703–1770), after Augustin Pajou (1730–1809), published by François Chéreau II (1717–1755) in Paris.

Note: I assume the portrayed subject is the mythological figure, Hercules, as he rests his arm on his enormous club draped with a lion skin. At present, I have been unable to locate Pajou’s original study upon which Boucher based his intermediary drawing, but for those interested seeing the sculptor’s other artworks, MetPublications generously offer free downloads of the publication, “Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor, 1730–1809” (1997): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/augustin_pajou_royal_sculptor_1730_1809

Etching in the crayon manner printed in sanguine coloured ink on heavy laid paper backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 60.4 x 41.2 cm; (plate) 55.5 x 37 cm.

Numbered on plate above the image: (left corner) “No. 44.”

Lettered on plate below the image: (left) “Dessiné par F Boucher / Tiré du Portefeuille de Mr. Pajou / Sculpteur du Roy.”; (centre) “Dédié a Monsieur Boucher Peintre du Roy / AParis chés la ve. De F. Chereaurue St. Jacques aux 2. Piliers d’Or”; (right) “Gravé par L. Bonnet. / Par son tres humble et très / obéissant Serviteur Louis Bonnet.”

Ref: Jacques Hérold 1935, “Louis-Marin Bonnet (1756-1793): Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Gravé”, Paris.

See the description of this print at the Rijksmuseum:

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.85189

See a similar crayon-manner nude by Bonnet at Invaluable Auctions:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/bonnet-louis-marin-198-c-cac43569e3

Condition: richly inked and near faultless impression in excellent condition with margins and backed with a conservator’s support sheet of fine archival/millennium quality washi paper.

I am selling this magnificent large etching executed by the inventor of the “crayon-manner”—a printmaking technique designed to mimic the textured stroke of a chalk drawing—for the total cost of AU$315 (currently US$218.48/EUR195.51/GBP173.02 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 this very rare print in superb condition for its considerable age, 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 Jacques de Boissieu's etching, “Portrait of Pope Pius VII”, 1805

Jean Jacques de Boissieu (aka Jean Jacques de Boissieux) (1736–1810)

“Portrait of Pope Pius VII” (Fitzwilliam title) (aka “Portrait du Souveriain Pontife Pie VII.” [Perez title]); “Pio VII Pont. Max [inscribed on plate]), 1805.

Etching with drypoint and roulette on chine collé on laid paper with wide margins backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 44.8 x 34.2 cm; (chine collé) 27.1 x 21 cm; (plate) 26.5 x 22 cm; (image borderline) 20.2 x 16.5 cm

Inscribed below the image borderline: (left) “Pio VII. / gregorio Chiaramonti / Dessiné a son passage à Lyon”; (right) “pont. Max. / nato in cesena 1742. / par j.j. De Boissieu en 1805.”; (right corner) “J. J. DB [monogram] scul. / aqua forti".

State iii? (of v) Note that I have difficulty understanding the differences described by Perez (1994) for the five states. My attribution that this impression is from third state is based upon my understanding that the small strip of light immediately above the Holy Father’s stole/camail matches Parez’ description of the third state: (transl.) “behind the shoulder, the work of roulette does not go to the garment and leaves a grey patch near the stole” (p. 280). In the fifth and final state this “grey patch” has “New roulette work” (ibid). I cannot see any roulette work, consequently, I assume that the impression is from the third state … but I may be wrong.

Perez 129.III (Perez, Marie-Félicie 1994, “L'Oeuvre gravé de Jean-Jacques de Boissieu”, Geneva, pp. 130–31); IFF 15 (19thc) (Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, 1930).

Perez in his catalogue raisonné (p.280) offers the following description of this print:

(Transl.) “The Sovereign Pontiff is seen in profile, turned to the left and half-body. His eyes are lowered, his half-opened lips outline a smile full of sweetness. Under an ecclesiastical cap, abundant hair covers the head, hides the ear and falls on the neck. A camail, enriched with an embroidery of a light design, is attached to a cord on the front of the chest. The profile of the head stands out in light against a dark background, while the occiput is in effect in shadows less thick. In the middle of the bottom margin are engraved keys and tiara; these insignia of the sovereign pontificate …” (p. 280).

See also the description of this print at the Fitzwilliam Museum

(http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?qu=Boissieu%20pio%20vii&oid=202825);

and at the British Museum

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3329928&partId=1&searchText=Pope+Pius+VII+Boissieu+&page=1).

Condition: richly inked and near faultless impression with generously wide margins (as published?) in excellent condition. The sheet has been laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper.

I am selling this remarkably sensitive portrait that seems (to my eyes) to capture what the Holy Father is thinking and his kind disposition, for the total cost of AU$196 (currently US$138.90/EUR122.47/GBP105.08 at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing this graphically powerful but delicately executed portrait, 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