François Perrier, “Rest on the Flight into Egypt”, c.1629

François Perrier (aka Le Bourguignon) (1594–1649)

“Rest on the Flight into Egypt”, c.1629 (BM: 1609–49), a first state/lifetime impression published by Jean Leblond I (aka Jean Le Blond) (c.1590/94–1666) with royal privilege of the French Crown.

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1835) advises that the etching follows the design of a painting that may be seen in the church of Sainte-Elisabeth in Paris (see vol. 6, p. 164)—possibly Eglise Sainte Élisabeth de Hongrie (see https://www.patrimoine-histoire.fr/Patrimoine/Paris/Paris-Sainte-Elisabeth.htm), but I have been unable to find an image of this painting..

Etching on laid paper, trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 29 x 38.4 cm; (image borderline) 25.9 x 38.4 cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Franciscus Perrier pinxit et sculp./ burg.”; (centre) “J’ prolem committe vadis, tibi seruiet æquor,/ Pectoraq[ue] his scopulis asperiora fugis.”; (right) “JBlondus excudit cum privilegio Regis Christianissi[m]i”.

State i (of ii) before the erasure of “JBlondus excudit” and the addition of publication details for “Pétri Mariette” (Pierre Mariette I) (c.1603–1657).

Robert-Dumesnil 5.1 (Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil 1835, “Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française: ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch”, vol. 6, pp. 164–65, cat. no. 5, [state] 1).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print: “The flight into Egypt: Holy Family on a river bank, with St Joseph sitting with Christ in his arms, and Virgin led by an angel to a small boat” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_X-6-24).

See also the descriptions of this print offered by the RISD Museum and the Rijksmuseum: https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/rest-flight-egypt-66147 &  http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.162362.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plage, trimmed around the platemark. There is a pencil inscription at lower left, otherwise, the print is in an excellent condition for its large size and considerable age with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains and is laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this superb lifetime impression of an important etching from the early 1600s by a major printmaker who is famous for his series of etchings of antique sculptures (see https://archive.org/details/segmentanobilium00perr/page/n12/mode/thumb), for AU$647 in total (currently US$425.77/EUR392.73/GBP336.91 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 masterwork of etching by François Perrier, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Adolphe Martial Potémont, “Pluie et Soleil”, 1874, after Antoine Chintreuil

Adolphe Martial Potémont (aka Adolphe Martial; Adolphe Théodore Jules Martial Potémont) (1828–1883)

“Pluie et Soleil” (Rain and Sun), 1874, after Antoine Chintreuil’s (1814–1873) painting, “Pluie et Soleil”, 1814–73, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1873 (see page 48, cat. no. 294 [https://ia803002.us.archive.org/30/items/cataloguesofpari1873acad/cataloguesofpari1873acad.pdf] and now in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antoine_Chintreuil--Pluie_et_soleil.jpg), published and printed by Alfred Cadart (1828–1875) in Paris in 1874 as an illustration to “La Vie et l'Oeuvre de Chintreuil” (The Life and Work of Chintreuil), by Albert de la Fizelière et al. (see https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/18539 & https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1877-0414-708-749).

Interestingly, in the description of Chintreuil’s painting that Potémont’s etching reproduces, the Musée d'Orsay offers the following accolade given to it by a critic of the Paris Salon of 1873, Castagnary—a defender of Courbet and the realists: “…this Effect of rain and sun on the surface of this marsh where a few oxen graze on the short grass is truly admirable and it has an equal in the incandescent sky which drowns the entire landscape of low tide with its golden light” (https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/pluie-et-soleil-16668).

Etching on fine wove paper, trimmed with a margin around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 14.9 x 26.3 cm; (image borderline) 11 x 23 cm.

Inscribed in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Imp Cadart”; (centre) “[artist’s monogram]/ PLUIE ET SOLEIL”; (right) “[indistinct] p. 24”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed with a margin around the image borderline. There is a restored tear in the lower margin at left-of-centre and a lump/unevenness in the paper on the platemark at right, otherwise, the print is in a good condition with no significant stains and is laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this graphically striking etching of a dramatically dazzling and luminous effect of light, clouds and rain above marshlands punctuated with grazing cattle and a running herdsman, for AU$197 in total (currently US$129.60/EUR119.59/GBP102.65 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 finely etched landscape exemplifying the interest at the time in France in light and atmosphere heralding the dawn of Impressionism, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Joseph Parrocel, “The Ascension”, c.1685

Joseph Parrocel (1646–1704)

“The Ascension” (aka “L’Ascension”), c.1685, published in Paris in 1685 by Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy (1637? –1687) as an illustration to the “Missale Parisiense” and later reissued by the Josse brothers (Georges Josse II [1650–94] and Louis Josse [1655–1739]), in 1690 and 1706.

Etching on laid paper with letterpress text verso, trimmed close to the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 9.3 x 16.2 cm; (image borderline) 9.1 x 16.1 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (at lower centre) “I. Parrossel in et f.”

State ii? (of iii) with the addition of text printed verso but before retouching of state iii (see Robert_Dumesnil’s [1835] description of the three states [p. 254]). Note that I have been unable to compare impressions from states ii and iii to confirm that this impression is from the second state.

Robert-Dumesnil 3 (A P F Robert-Dumesnil 1835, “Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française: ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch”, vol. 3, Paris, p. 255, cat. no. 3: see https://archive.org/details/bnf-bpt6k65575384/page/n273/mode/2up).

Condition: a strong and well-printed early impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate, trimmed with a thread margin around the image borderline. The sheet is in a very good condition with no significant stains and laid is onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this strong and rare etching—note that I have been unable to find another impression of this print in the online collections of the Rijksmuseum, the Louvre or the British Museum—for AU$235 in total (currently US$154.60/EUR142.57/GBP122.22 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 very direct and confidently executed old master etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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John Watkins, “Le Pape Boniface VIII”, 1879

John Watkins (1854? –1908)

“Le Pape Boniface VIII” (aka “Le Pape Boniface VIII. Buste Italien en bronze attribué au Bernin” [title inscribed in plate]), 1879, after the bronze by Domenico Guidi (1625–1701), “Bust of Pope Alexander VIII”, c.1690, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (see https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151956/pope-alexander-viii-bust-domenico-guidi/)—not after a bronze attributed to Bernini/Bernin (1598–1680) as inscribed in the plate—printed by Albert Quantin (aka Ancienne Maison Quantin; Maison Quantin; Albert Marie Jérôme Quantin) (1850–1930) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “L'Art”, 1879.

Etching with engraving and plate tone on cream laid paper (Arches watermark) with wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 43.9 x 29.7 cm; (plate) 26 x 18.7 cm; (image borderline) 24.4 x 16.8 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “(South Kensington Museum)”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “L'Art”; (centre) “LE PAPE BONIFACE VIII/ Buste Italien en bronze attribué au Bernin”; (right) “John Watkins aquaf/ Imp. A. Quantin”.

The British Museum offers a description of this print (not reproduced): https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1880-0214-133.

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (faultless) impression with generously wide margins showing no sign of wear to the printing plate. Beyond slight unevenness to the colour of the sheet, the sheet is in an excellent (near pristine) condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this stunningly strong etching of a bronze bust of Pope Alexander VIII, for AU$214 (currently US$139.47/EUR129.38/GBP110.88at 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 exceptionally fine etching showing the highest order of skill in its execution, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jean Lepautre, “Ornamental Panel with a Cavalry Charge Roundel”, c.1655–57

Jean Lepautre (aka Jean Le Pautre; Jean Le Potre; Jean Lepotre) (1618–1682)

“Ornamental Panel with a Cavalry Charge Roundel” (descriptive title only), c.1655–57, possibly from the series, “Ornements de Panneaux” (Panel Ornaments), published by Pierre Mariette II (1634–1716) (see another print in this series held by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.414054).

Interestingly, this print was copied in reverse as a coloured engraving in the series “Opus Typochromaticum” (Typochromatic work), c.1688–1700, published by Johannes Teyler (aka Johan Tailler; Joannes Teijler) (1648–1712) who is famous for patenting a method of colour printing from a single plate à la poupée in 1688 (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1871-1209-5062).

Etching on laid paper trimmed around the image borderline and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 29 x 21.7 cm

Inscribed in plate: (lower edge of roundel) “le Potre fecit”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate. Beyond a mark at upper left corner, the sheet is in an excellent condition for its large size and considerable age with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains and has been laid upon an archival support of millennium quality washi paper providing margins.

I am selling this bold ceiling design featuring a battle scene roundel framed with laurel leaves supported by prisoners and war trophies with an oval medallion above the laurel wreath showing the personification of Justice in the upper centre with winged representations of fame blowing their trumpets on either side, for AU$245 (currently US$159.03/EUR148.20/GBP126.79 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 visually arresting etching exemplifying the French Baroque period style, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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