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La Savatier et le Financier. [Fable 2 . de la Fontaine Livre 8.]
Peint par Et. Jeaurat. Gravé par son Frere 1732.
[A Paris chés Joullain Quay de la Mégisserie à la Ville de Rome]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed into inscription at bottom.
One of Jean de La Fontaine's fables: a financier gives a cobbler a hundred crowns as a nest egg, robbing the man of his peace of mind.
[Ref: 41778] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Et. Jeaurat. Gravé par son Frere 1732.
[A Paris chés Joullain Quay de la Mégisserie à la Ville de Rome]
Engraving. Sheet 255 x 200mm (10 x 8"). Trimmed into inscription at bottom.
One of Jean de La Fontaine's fables: a financier gives a cobbler a hundred crowns as a nest egg, robbing the man of his peace of mind.
[Ref: 41778] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
A Man of Middle Age and his Two Mistresses. Just turn'd upon Grey, an unmortify'd Dunce / Address'd an old Widow, and young one at once [...]
E. Jeaurat Pinx. J. Sympson Fecit.
London Printed for John Ryal & Rob.t Witby, at Hogarth Head, Fleet Street [c.1740]
Mezzotint, sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Cut; damaged. Very scarce.
English copy, in reverse, of a French print by Michel Aubert after Sébastien Leclerc, 'L'homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses'. Contrary to the text on this print, Edmé Jeaurat was the publisher of that print rather than the artist. The French print notes that the scene illustrates one of La Fontaine's fables (although the fable can be traced back to Aesop).
[Ref: 44197] £380.00
E. Jeaurat Pinx. J. Sympson Fecit.
London Printed for John Ryal & Rob.t Witby, at Hogarth Head, Fleet Street [c.1740]
Mezzotint, sheet 255 x 190mm (10 x 7½"). Cut; damaged. Very scarce.
English copy, in reverse, of a French print by Michel Aubert after Sébastien Leclerc, 'L'homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses'. Contrary to the text on this print, Edmé Jeaurat was the publisher of that print rather than the artist. The French print notes that the scene illustrates one of La Fontaine's fables (although the fable can be traced back to Aesop).
[Ref: 44197] £380.00
Le Fiacre. Pour voiturer une poulette Hors de Paris & cetera Il faut Monsieur double recette Le tarif est à l’Opera.
Jeaurat pinx, 1748. Pasquier sculp.
A Paris chés Jeaurat, au bas de la rue des Fossés St. Victor A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, scarce. Plate 380 x 271mm (15 x 10¾"). Mint.
A coach driver with his hand outstretched requesting his fee from a nobleman.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28408] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jeaurat pinx, 1748. Pasquier sculp.
A Paris chés Jeaurat, au bas de la rue des Fossés St. Victor A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, scarce. Plate 380 x 271mm (15 x 10¾"). Mint.
A coach driver with his hand outstretched requesting his fee from a nobleman.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28408] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Promethee.
Jeaurat Pinxit. Flipart l'aine Sculp.
a Paris chez Flipart rue S.t Jacques au nom de Jesus vis avis le College du Plessis.
Rare mezzotint, tipped into album paper at sides; sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at bottom.
A greek mythological scene of Prometheus' punishment for stealing fire from Olympus and giving it to mankind. Prometheus chained to a rock is being pecked at by an eagle.
[Ref: 61602] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Jeaurat Pinxit. Flipart l'aine Sculp.
a Paris chez Flipart rue S.t Jacques au nom de Jesus vis avis le College du Plessis.
Rare mezzotint, tipped into album paper at sides; sheet 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Trimmed within plate at bottom.
A greek mythological scene of Prometheus' punishment for stealing fire from Olympus and giving it to mankind. Prometheus chained to a rock is being pecked at by an eagle.
[Ref: 61602] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
La Jeunesse. L'Ardente et fougueuse jeunesse / Le met encore en pire état. / Des Créanciers, une Maitresse, / Le tourmentent comme un forçat. Rousseau.
Peint par Jeaurat. Gravé par Lépicié 1745.
à Paris chez Lépicié graveur du Roi au coin de l'abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres. Et chez L. Surugue aussi graveur du Roi rue des Noyers vis a vis le mur de St. Yves. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins.
A young couple argue over letters in the woman's possession. After Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789), French painter and draughtsman who rose to the highest positions of the Académie Française, becoming chancellor in 1781. Besides his history paintings, Jeaurat was also known for portraits, still-lifes and domestic genre scenes such as this.
[Ref: 40178] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Jeaurat. Gravé par Lépicié 1745.
à Paris chez Lépicié graveur du Roi au coin de l'abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres. Et chez L. Surugue aussi graveur du Roi rue des Noyers vis a vis le mur de St. Yves. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"), with very large margins.
A young couple argue over letters in the woman's possession. After Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789), French painter and draughtsman who rose to the highest positions of the Académie Française, becoming chancellor in 1781. Besides his history paintings, Jeaurat was also known for portraits, still-lifes and domestic genre scenes such as this.
[Ref: 40178] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)