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![[Alexander and Hephaistion Visit the Family of Darius in their Tent after the Battle of Issus.]](jpegs/53752.jpg)
[Alexander and Hephaistion Visit the Family of Darius in their Tent after the Battle of Issus.]
C. le Brun Pinxit, G. Edelinck Sculpsit.
[n.d, 1675.]
Rare engraving. On two sheets, 640 x 420 (25¼ x 16½") & 640 x 520mm (25¼ x 20½"). Trimmed at bottom, losing dedication, title and publisher's address.
Sisygambis, mother of Darius III, prostrates herself before Hephaestion, mistaking him for Alexander. Instead of flying into a rage, Alexander dismisses this error as of no importance and puts the family under his protection. Prints of this size were unusual during this period, due to expense. This engraving of a painting belonging to Louis XIV was published as a propaganda piece, lauding the magnificence of royalty. Gérard Edelinck, the engraver, has also chosen to make dividing line jagged, so the join would disappear in the darkest parts of the image. The original oil, painted c.1660, is still at Versailles.
[Ref: 53752] £480.00 view all images for this item
C. le Brun Pinxit, G. Edelinck Sculpsit.
[n.d, 1675.]
Rare engraving. On two sheets, 640 x 420 (25¼ x 16½") & 640 x 520mm (25¼ x 20½"). Trimmed at bottom, losing dedication, title and publisher's address.
Sisygambis, mother of Darius III, prostrates herself before Hephaestion, mistaking him for Alexander. Instead of flying into a rage, Alexander dismisses this error as of no importance and puts the family under his protection. Prints of this size were unusual during this period, due to expense. This engraving of a painting belonging to Louis XIV was published as a propaganda piece, lauding the magnificence of royalty. Gérard Edelinck, the engraver, has also chosen to make dividing line jagged, so the join would disappear in the darkest parts of the image. The original oil, painted c.1660, is still at Versailles.
[Ref: 53752] £480.00 view all images for this item
![[Alexander the Great pardons the family of Darius]](jpegs/45146.jpg)
[Alexander the Great pardons the family of Darius] Il est d'un roy de se vaincre soy mesme / Alexandre, ayant vaincu Darius pres la ville d'Isse entre dans une tente ou étoient la Mere la femme et les filles de Darius [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. et J. Audran rue et faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis la rue St. Dominique. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"), with very large margins. Paper time stained.
After defeating Darius in the battle of Issus (333 BC), Alexander found Darius' family (who he had left behind when fleeing the battlefield). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun now in the Louvre.
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45146] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. et J. Audran rue et faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis la rue St. Dominique. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"), with very large margins. Paper time stained.
After defeating Darius in the battle of Issus (333 BC), Alexander found Darius' family (who he had left behind when fleeing the battlefield). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun now in the Louvre.
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45146] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Thus Heroes exalt themselves by Vertue. Alexander enters Babylon in Triumph Amidst the Shouts and Acclamations of the People [parallel text in French]
Le Brun Pinx Parr Sculp
Printed for R. Wilkinson at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, platemark 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") very large margins.
One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun now in the Louvre. Probably copied from the larger set of engravings published in Paris by Audran.
For Audran's engraving of the same painting see ref. 45145.
[Ref: 45161] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Le Brun Pinx Parr Sculp
Printed for R. Wilkinson at No. 58 in Cornhill.
Engraving with fine hand-colouring, platemark 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") very large margins.
One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun now in the Louvre. Probably copied from the larger set of engravings published in Paris by Audran.
For Audran's engraving of the same painting see ref. 45145.
[Ref: 45161] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Il Est D'un Roy de se Vaincre Soy Mesme Sui Victoria Indicat Regem.
Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit.
Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran rue et faubourg S.t Jaque vis a vis la rue S.t Dominique. [n.d., c.1675.]
Engraving, rich impression. Plate: 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼''). Small margins. Small repaired tear in title left.
A classical scene showing Alexander the Great and Hephaeston being greeted by the Queens of Persia outside Darius's tent. From a series of plates after Charles le Brun's 'Battles of Alexander'.
[Ref: 49662] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit.
Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran rue et faubourg S.t Jaque vis a vis la rue S.t Dominique. [n.d., c.1675.]
Engraving, rich impression. Plate: 285 x 360mm (11¼ x 14¼''). Small margins. Small repaired tear in title left.
A classical scene showing Alexander the Great and Hephaeston being greeted by the Queens of Persia outside Darius's tent. From a series of plates after Charles le Brun's 'Battles of Alexander'.
[Ref: 49662] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Battle of Arbella]](jpegs/45437.jpg)
[The Battle of Arbella] La vertu est digne de l'empire du monde / Alexandre apres plusieurs victoires, deffit Darius dans la bataille qu'il donna prés d'Arbelle [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran Excudit [in image]
Engraving, platemark 295 x 605mm (11½ x 23¾"), with large margins. Fold through centre as issued; fine impression.
Engraving after one of the famous series of 'The Battle of Alexander' by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), which invited comparison between the ancient ruler and the French monarch Louis XIV. When the engraver Girard Audran (1640-1703) returned to Paris after a period of study in Rome at the studio of Carlo Maratti, he was engaged to engrave these four enormous pictures, which took him six years and for which he was paid over 10,000 francs. The series is the masterpiece of an important engraver, and earned him admission to the Académie Royale.
IFF 66
[Ref: 45437] £360.00
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran Excudit [in image]
Engraving, platemark 295 x 605mm (11½ x 23¾"), with large margins. Fold through centre as issued; fine impression.
Engraving after one of the famous series of 'The Battle of Alexander' by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), which invited comparison between the ancient ruler and the French monarch Louis XIV. When the engraver Girard Audran (1640-1703) returned to Paris after a period of study in Rome at the studio of Carlo Maratti, he was engaged to engrave these four enormous pictures, which took him six years and for which he was paid over 10,000 francs. The series is the masterpiece of an important engraver, and earned him admission to the Académie Royale.
IFF 66
[Ref: 45437] £360.00
Benedicite Benisé la bonté Supréme / Mes Enfans avant le repas / C'est le Seigneur nen doutez pas / Qui nous nourit luy meme
le Brun in. C. Duflos ex
AParis Chez Duflos rue S. Jacques [c.1720]
Engraving, platemark 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"). Very large margins.
Family saying grace before a meal., after Charles Le Brun (1619-90).
[Ref: 37105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
le Brun in. C. Duflos ex
AParis Chez Duflos rue S. Jacques [c.1720]
Engraving, platemark 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"). Very large margins.
Family saying grace before a meal., after Charles Le Brun (1619-90).
[Ref: 37105] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Salvator Mundi (Christ as a child).]](jpegs/21165.jpg)
[Salvator Mundi (Christ as a child).]
C. Le Brun pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit.
Pub: March 10 1775, by V.M. Picot No.16 Strand.
Stipple engraving printed in sanguine, proof before title with scratched publication line. 185 x 145mm, 7¼ x 5¾". A fine impression, with full margins, slight stain top right just inside platemark.
Child Christ, in a roundel, leaning on a table, holding an inscribed parchment and looking upwards. After Charles Le Brun (French, 1619 - 1690).
De Vesme 304, I of II.
[Ref: 21165] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
C. Le Brun pinxit. F. Bartolozzi sculpsit.
Pub: March 10 1775, by V.M. Picot No.16 Strand.
Stipple engraving printed in sanguine, proof before title with scratched publication line. 185 x 145mm, 7¼ x 5¾". A fine impression, with full margins, slight stain top right just inside platemark.
Child Christ, in a roundel, leaning on a table, holding an inscribed parchment and looking upwards. After Charles Le Brun (French, 1619 - 1690).
De Vesme 304, I of II.
[Ref: 21165] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Christ carrying the cross]](jpegs/43149.jpg)
[Christ carrying the cross] Si quelqu'un veut venir apres moy, qu'il renonce a luy meme, et qu'il prenne sa Croix et me suive [...]
C. le Brun pinx. P. Picault Sculp. C.P.R.
A Anvers chez C. Vermeulen et a Paris chez B. Picart rue St. Jacques au Buste de Monseigneur [c.1785]
Engraving, platemark 435 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Crease in centre as normal. Small margins.
Large engraving after painting (now in the Louvre) by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), most famous for painting the ceilings of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Versailles. According to Louis XIV Le Brun was 'the greatest French artist of all time'.
[Ref: 43149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
C. le Brun pinx. P. Picault Sculp. C.P.R.
A Anvers chez C. Vermeulen et a Paris chez B. Picart rue St. Jacques au Buste de Monseigneur [c.1785]
Engraving, platemark 435 x 550mm (17 x 21½"). Crease in centre as normal. Small margins.
Large engraving after painting (now in the Louvre) by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), most famous for painting the ceilings of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Versailles. According to Louis XIV Le Brun was 'the greatest French artist of all time'.
[Ref: 43149] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Debordement du Nil.
C. le B. in.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
An allegorical representation of the flooding of the Nile. The Nile is represented by a bearded male figure surrounded by putti, the sphynx and a crocodile. The figure of Mercury paints a portrait of the Nile but the canvas portrays the figure of Louis XIV. After French court painter to Louis XIV Charles le Brun (1619-1690).
[Ref: 46819] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
C. le B. in.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
An allegorical representation of the flooding of the Nile. The Nile is represented by a bearded male figure surrounded by putti, the sphynx and a crocodile. The figure of Mercury paints a portrait of the Nile but the canvas portrays the figure of Louis XIV. After French court painter to Louis XIV Charles le Brun (1619-1690).
[Ref: 46819] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Battle of the Granicus]](jpegs/45148.jpg)
[Battle of the Granicus] La vertu surmonte tout obstacle / Alexandre ayant passé le Granique, attaque les Perses a forces inegales [...]
C le Brun pinxit
Se vend a Paris chez Benoit Audran rue St. Jacques a St. Prosper et chez Jean Audran rue et faubourg St. Jacques vis a vis la rue St. Dominique [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
The Battle of the Granicus River in 334 BC, the first of Alexander the Great's three major battles against the Persian empire, fought in Asia Minor near the site of Troy. One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45148] £360.00
C le Brun pinxit
Se vend a Paris chez Benoit Audran rue St. Jacques a St. Prosper et chez Jean Audran rue et faubourg St. Jacques vis a vis la rue St. Dominique [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
The Battle of the Granicus River in 334 BC, the first of Alexander the Great's three major battles against the Persian empire, fought in Asia Minor near the site of Troy. One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45148] £360.00
![[Battle of the Hydaspes]](jpegs/45149.jpg)
[Battle of the Hydaspes] La vertu plaist quoy que vaincue / Alexandre n'est pas seulement touché de compassion en voyant la grandeur d'ame du Roy Porus qu'il a vaincu [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit
Se vend a Paris chez Benoist Audran, rue St. Jacques a L'Image de St. Prosper et chez Jean Audran rue et faubourg St. Jacques vis a vis la rue St. Dominique [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
The Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, between Alexander the Great and king Porus. The battle was fought on the banks of the river Hydaspes (now known as the Jhelum) in what is now the Punjab region of Pakistan. Alexander was so impressed by Porus' conduct that he allowed Porus to rule Hydaspes in Alexander's name. One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45149] £360.00
Car. le Brun pinxit
Se vend a Paris chez Benoist Audran, rue St. Jacques a L'Image de St. Prosper et chez Jean Audran rue et faubourg St. Jacques vis a vis la rue St. Dominique [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
The Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, between Alexander the Great and king Porus. The battle was fought on the banks of the river Hydaspes (now known as the Jhelum) in what is now the Punjab region of Pakistan. Alexander was so impressed by Porus' conduct that he allowed Porus to rule Hydaspes in Alexander's name. One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45149] £360.00
![[The Siege of Douai.]](jpegs/43609.jpg)
[The Siege of Douai.]
Seb. le Clerc Sculp.
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet 390 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½").
Louis XIV standing in front of a wounded soldier, soldiers collecting firewood on right, and view of Douai in distance. Representation of the siege of Douai in 1667 during the War of Devolution (1667-8) in which Louis XIV's armies gained land in the Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté but were forced to give most of it back to a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic. From a series of five plates reproducing the compositions invented by Charles Lebrun for a set of tapestries celebrating the victories of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 43609] £360.00
Seb. le Clerc Sculp.
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet 390 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½").
Louis XIV standing in front of a wounded soldier, soldiers collecting firewood on right, and view of Douai in distance. Representation of the siege of Douai in 1667 during the War of Devolution (1667-8) in which Louis XIV's armies gained land in the Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté but were forced to give most of it back to a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic. From a series of five plates reproducing the compositions invented by Charles Lebrun for a set of tapestries celebrating the victories of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 43609] £360.00
S. Maria Magdalena
C le Brun pinxit:. Sold by I Beckett at y.e golden head in y.e Old Bailey.
[n.d.] 1798.
Mezzotint, trimmed. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Very small margins. Laid on backing paper at corners. Loss to bottom left corner affecting the title area. Minor tears to middle of left and right edge.
A portrait of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus' earliest and closest followers. Mentioned in each of the four gosples, she is mentioned by name more than any other non-family women. As a figure in Christianity the mythos of Mary Magdalene has a complex history riddled with long-standing inaccuracies, the most successful being that she was a prostitute.
[Ref: 53863] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
C le Brun pinxit:. Sold by I Beckett at y.e golden head in y.e Old Bailey.
[n.d.] 1798.
Mezzotint, trimmed. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼"). Very small margins. Laid on backing paper at corners. Loss to bottom left corner affecting the title area. Minor tears to middle of left and right edge.
A portrait of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus' earliest and closest followers. Mentioned in each of the four gosples, she is mentioned by name more than any other non-family women. As a figure in Christianity the mythos of Mary Magdalene has a complex history riddled with long-standing inaccuracies, the most successful being that she was a prostitute.
[Ref: 53863] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mary Magdalene.] Le Retour a la Vertu.](jpegs/39718.jpg)
[Mary Magdalene.] Le Retour a la Vertu.
Painted by C. le Brun. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.
London Published the 10th of February 1795 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co., N. 132 Pall Mall.
Fine stipple impression. Sheet 560 x 430mm (22 x 17"). Trimmed just within plate. Some creasing.
A large portrait of Mary Magdalene at her dressing table, casting her jewelbox aside and turning her face up to God. After Charles Le Brun (1619-90), most famous for painting the ceilings of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Versailles. According to Louis XIV Le Brun was 'the greatest French artist of all time'.
[Ref: 39718] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by C. le Brun. Engraved by N. Schiavonetti junior.
London Published the 10th of February 1795 by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co., N. 132 Pall Mall.
Fine stipple impression. Sheet 560 x 430mm (22 x 17"). Trimmed just within plate. Some creasing.
A large portrait of Mary Magdalene at her dressing table, casting her jewelbox aside and turning her face up to God. After Charles Le Brun (1619-90), most famous for painting the ceilings of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), Versailles. According to Louis XIV Le Brun was 'the greatest French artist of all time'.
[Ref: 39718] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Heads. Representing the Various Passions of the Soul]](jpegs/60580.jpg)
[Heads. Representing the Various Passions of the Soul] Drawn by that Great Master Mons.r Le Brun]
[n.d., c.1763.]
18 (of 20) plates, each c. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½") vry large margins. Stitch holes in left margins.
A collection of sketched portraits of heads, highlighting expressions: Attention; Admiration; Admiration with Astonishment; Veneration; Rapture; Desire; Joy with Tranquility; Laughter; Acute Pain; Simple Bodily Pain; Sadness; Weeping; Compassion; Terrour or Fright; Anger; Hatred or Jealousy; Dispair; Horreur; and Scorn. This series was first published by Henry Parker in his 'Compleat Drawing Master' in 1763.
[Ref: 60580] £680.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1763.]
18 (of 20) plates, each c. 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½") vry large margins. Stitch holes in left margins.
A collection of sketched portraits of heads, highlighting expressions: Attention; Admiration; Admiration with Astonishment; Veneration; Rapture; Desire; Joy with Tranquility; Laughter; Acute Pain; Simple Bodily Pain; Sadness; Weeping; Compassion; Terrour or Fright; Anger; Hatred or Jealousy; Dispair; Horreur; and Scorn. This series was first published by Henry Parker in his 'Compleat Drawing Master' in 1763.
[Ref: 60580] £680.00 view all images for this item
![[Porus in battle]](jpegs/45147.jpg)
[Porus in battle] La vraye valeur est toujours invincible / Porus abandonné des siens blessa plusieurs de ceux qui l'environnoient [...]
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. Audran au Palais de Luxembourg et Chez J. Audran a l'entrée du Faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis l'Ygret. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
King Porus distinguishing himself in the Battle of the Hydaspes against Alexander the Great in the ancient kingdom of Pauravas (now part of the Punjab province of Pakistan). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45147] £360.00
Car. le Brun pinxit J. Audran excudit
Se vend à Paris chez B. Audran au Palais de Luxembourg et Chez J. Audran a l'entrée du Faubourg St. Jaque vis a vis l'Ygret. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 290 x 600mm (11½ x 23½"). Folded as issued.
King Porus distinguishing himself in the Battle of the Hydaspes against Alexander the Great in the ancient kingdom of Pauravas (now part of the Punjab province of Pakistan). One of a series of engravings reproducing a famous set of paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting the battles of Alexander (now in the Louvre).
From the Library of Pitsligo
[Ref: 45147] £360.00
![[Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France]](jpegs/39872.jpg)
[Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France] Petrus Seguier Fraciae Cancellarius [...]
[after Charles Le Brun?]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"). Repaired tear to both sheets. Small margins.
Pierre Séguier (1588-1672), chancellor of France from 1635, and a bibliophile whose library was amongst the most valuable of its day. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660), which was dedicated to Séguier. The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne.
[Ref: 39872] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[after Charles Le Brun?]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"). Repaired tear to both sheets. Small margins.
Pierre Séguier (1588-1672), chancellor of France from 1635, and a bibliophile whose library was amongst the most valuable of its day. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660), which was dedicated to Séguier. The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne.
[Ref: 39872] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)