French Etcher (24 results)

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with the blank second leaf damaged on removal from mount. Addressed to an unnamed woman ('Chère Madame') and boldly signed 'A. Legros'. He accepts her dinner invitation with 'le plus grand plasir'.…

Etching with drypoint, signed with initials on the plate, on thin paper, ink inscription in French in right bottom corner. trimmed, horizontal folds, glue marks on corners where pasted to backing sheet.

Etching with drypoint, signed with initials and dated on the plate, trimmed, horizontal folds, some spotting, pasted to backing sheet.

ORIGINAL-STAHLSTICH (Blatt gesamt H 22 x B 26 cm, leichte Gebrauchsspuren), gestochen von A. LAMY lith. (Pierre-Auguste Lamy, 1827-83, French engraver, lithographer and watercolourist ), gedruckt von Imp. Berlauts, Paris. MOTIV : MINUIT (L artiste).

Condition: Good. Etching. 14.7 x 8.5 cm. (sheet). Good, left side of print has been trimmed, some soiling.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 14.5 x 9.2 cm. (sheet). Very Good, sheet trimmed to the borderline.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 14.3 x 9 cm. (sheet). Good, some foxing, collector stamp of Institut Egyptien Alexandrie on reverse of sheet.

Condition: Good. Etching and engraving. 14.7 x 9 cm. (sheet). Good, sheet toned, several worm holes. Collector stamp of Docteur Paul Colucci/Alexandrie on reverse of sheet.

Condition: Good. Etching on wove paper. 35 x 27 cm. (plate); 48 x 35.5 cm. (sheet), The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago, blindstamp in lower left corner. Very Good. Some light surface soiling, some toning to sheet edges, a few short tears along right sheet edge.

Etching, signed and dated in the plate, proof on 'Arches' paper, before all letters, large margins, some tears and creases on outer edges of margins, diagonal crease across print.

Etching, with plate number 20, lower left, trimmed to border, This is an early copy of the etching from, 'Capricci di varie figure di Iacopo Callot - The Nancy set'.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Autograph letter signed to the French artist Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886). Paris, May 29, 1885. Size : 18x11 cm. Condition : please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Condition: Good. Etching on watermarked W. King wove paper. 21 x 31.5 cm (sheet). Signed and dated in the plate. Very Good, light toning along sheet edges.

Etching, first state before title and imprint, trimmed just outside border on top and sides, tipped onto card.

Etchings trimmed and pasted onto backing sheet, From a series of twenty small oval and round scenes from the life of Christ and the life of Virgin, at first engraved on three plates in 1631.People would cut out a small scene and wear it as a brooch protecting its bearer from the plague. From B.M. siteIn the Annunciation print, the window under the arch is circular whereas in the Callot original it is rectangular. …

Condition: Good. Color etching. Folded to 16.1 x 22.4cm. sheet size. .Provenance:Né en 1906 à Lezay (Deux-Sèvres), Jacques Cathy a exercé d'abord la profession de caricaturiste à l'hebdomadaire « Le Rire ». Il a rejoint vers 1927 l'équipe du Cabaret « La Vache Enragée » conduite par Roger Toziny. Jacques Cathy poursuit sa carrière de chansonnier après le décès de Toziny en 1939 et après la guerre il conduit parallèlement une carrière d'acteur dans le cinéma. Jacques Cathy était le 3ème Maire de La Commune Libre de Montmartre à partir de l'élection en 1949.,Final provenance: Les Collections Aristophil - 164 bis avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine. …

ORIGINAL-KUPFERSTICH (handkoloriert, unter Passepartout, gesamt H 35 x B 26,8 cm) - SEHR DEKORATIV ! MOTIV : Femme de l?Isle Ste Christine ( Handkolorierte ethnografische Darstellung einer Frau (?Femme?) Insel Ste Christine = Isle Sainte Christine, Figur mit Stab, Korb, Federkopfschmuck, traditioneller Kleidung, Typische Darstellung aus der französischen Reiseliteratur des 18. oder frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. (evtl. aus Prévost d?Exiles ? Histoire générale des voyages (Paris, ab 1746) Enthält zahlreiche Tafeln mit Titeln wie ?Homme / Femme de l?Isle ??). …

Etchings, first states before numbers were added, trimmed just outside borders, tipped onto card.

8vo. 1 page on bifolium. To Madame Belloe, thanking for an invitation.

Large 4to. 2 pp. on bifolium. With autogr. address. To Rudolf Weigel (1804-1867), an art dealer in Leipzig. - From the autograph collection of Eduard Fischer von Röslerstamm, and with his personal notecard. Sprache: fr.

Oblong 12mo (139 x 91 mm). 4 lines. Interesting letter to the academic painter and art critic Charles-Olivier Merson, asserting that he as "nothing to exhibit" and that he doesn't want to participate in exhibitions in the province anymore: "Je n'a rien a exposer et ne veux plus exposer en province". - Merson was the curator for paintings at the Exposition de Bordeaux. - On mourning paper with printed letterhead. Well preserved. …

ORIGINAL-KUPFERSTICH (auf Bütten, 30,5 x 23,5 cm, kleine Randmängel, Gebrauchsspuren) um 1750, a Paris chez Kollman. MOTIV : Venus et L Amour ( Venus und Amor / Venus and Cupid ( das klassische Thema von Venus und Amor, der Liebesgöttin und ihres kindlichen Begleiters).

E.Brief (2 S. kl. 8 to Doppelblatt, mit E.Adresse auf der 2. Seite, blindgeprägtes Wappen) in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Paris le 18 decembre 1855 - an den Kunsthändler RUDOLPH WEIGEL in LEIPZIG, in französisch (nicht übersetzt), erwähnt mehrfach PAUL FRENZEL (1824-72, deutscher Landschafts- und Tiermaler) in Dresden.…

No binding. Condition: Very Good. 'L' Accouchement de la Reine.'Original etching/engraving on hand laid paper. Sheet size: 45,8 x 61,8 cm. (18 x 24,3 inch). Image size: 34 x 50 cm. (13,4 x 19,7 inch).From: 'La Gallerie de Palais du Luxembourg ', published by Duchange in Paris 1710. This is the large series of engraving by Nattier after the famous series of paintings by Rubens, currently held in the Louvre, depicting the Marriage of Maria de' Medici with Henri IV. Reknown engravers contributed to this work which consists of a Title page, Advertisement page, an engraved portrait of Rubens and 24 large plates.Made by 'Benoit Audran I, the elder (1661-1721) was a French designer, etcher and engraver from Lyon. He was the brother of Jean Audran (1667-1756). He was taught the rudiments of engraving by his father (Germain Audran), and was later placed under the care of his' after 'a drawing by I.B. Nattier after Peter Paul Rubens'. Benoit Audran I, the elder (1661-1721) was a French designer, etcher and engraver from Lyon. He was the brother of Jean Audran (1667-1756). He was taught the rudiments of engraving by his father (Germain Audran), and was later placed under the care of his uncle Gerard Audran in Paris. Benoit Audran II was his nephew and the son of Jean Audran. He was appointed engraver to the king. He was active in Paris and his prints very well respected. Jean-Baptiste Nattier (1678-1726) was A French history painter from Paris. He was the eldest son of Marc Nattier the elder and Marie Courtois. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a reknown Flemish Baroque painter, who ran a large studio in Antwerp.Condition: Very good, given age. Print attached to carrier. Edges reinforced on rear. Top left corner with some damage, but not nearly effecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: ACCOUCHEMENT-BIRTH LOUIS XIII-DE MEDICIRT-B1-15. a drawing by I.B. Nattier after Peter Paul Rubens (illustrator).…