"Comment l Esprit vient aux Filles" originaler Kupferstich ca.11x7cm nach einer Zeichnung von Eisen zu Jean de La Fontaines "Contes et nouvelles en vers" (Verserzählungen und -novellen) Amsterdam 1767

Charles Eisen (Valenciennes 1720 - 1778 Brüssel):

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"Bütten (19x12cm) an den Rändern etwas gebräunt und papierbedingt leicht wellig. "Eisen gelingt in seinen Illustrationen, bezeichnende Situationen aus den Erzählungen aufzugreifen und zu veranschaulichen. […] Die genau beobachteten bis ins feinste Detail ausgeführten Bleistiftvorzeichnungen auf Pergament ließen den Stechern wenig Freiheiten." [Tieme-Becker 10, 427] Zu den Kupferstechern dieser berühmten Tafeln zählten: von Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, Filipar, Lemire, Leveau, de Longueil und Ouvrier. Charles Domenique Joseph Eisen 'Charles Eisen': A leading seventeenth century French painter, designed and etcher, Charles Domenique Joseph Eisen was first instructed by his father, Franz Eisen (1695-1777). In 1741 he travelled to Paris to complete his studies in painting and engraving under J. P. Le Bas (1707-1783). Charles Eisen's talents and graceful style soon gained him admittance to the French court and, by 1750, he was appointed as both the Court Painter to the King and the drawing master of Madame de Pompadour. Charles Eisen was a master of figure studies, nudes, portraits and all forms of decorative designs. This was the Golden Age of French Rococo illustration and engraving. Epitomized by the cult of pleasure and the pursuit of gallantry, Eisen's skills proved a perfect match with this form of art. Thus some of the greatest illustrated books from this period, such as Les Sens (1766), Les Baisers (1770) and Fontaine's Contes et nouvelles en vers (1762) bear both designs and etchings from Eisen's hand". Seller Inventory # 4938

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Title: "Comment l Esprit vient aux Filles" ...