Nicolas Colibert (1 results)

Mayer (illustrator). 'LA DANSE CHAMPETRE.'(The Country Dance.) Amid the trees, a group of villagers play music while a couple dances. A toddler copies the lady's motions, entertaining the company. Rather than the usual contemporary association with debauchery, music here alludes to social harmony and order. The musicians glance coyly at the viewer, actors very aware of their spectators.Made by Nicolas Colibert after Mayer.Medium: Etching / Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 44.2 x 37.2 cm (17.4 x 14.65 inch). Image size: 38.9 x 33.5 cm. (15.31 x 13.19 inch).DANSE-CHAMPETRE-COUNTRY DANSE | PCO-E17-25BACKGROUND INFORMATIONPublished by Jacques-Francois Chereau (Paris, 1742 - 1794).Reference: E 2012-0080.Biography engraver: Nicolas Colibert (1750-1806), a French painter and engraver, was born in Paris. He executed in the dotted style some landscapes after Casanova, and about 1782 came to London, where he produced two oval plates of 'Pity' and 'Youth,' and two subjects from 'Evelina.' During the Revolution he returned to Paris and engraved several of Schall's designs for 'Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon,' published in 1791, and some illustrations after Monsiau to the poem 'La Mort d'Abel,' published in 1793. Colibert died in London in 1806. Condition: good, given age. Paper edges with some chipping. Pper damage at small spot at tree right top. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.