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Narcisse. Metam. d'Ov. Liv. III Fab. V. et VI [...]
Fr. le Moyne pinx. Pelletier Sculp.
A Amsterdam chez Pierre Fouquet junior / A Paris chez Basan [c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 560 x 410mm (22 x 16"). Trimmed inside platemark; tears to edges. Old ms in ink verso.
The story of Narcissus, a young man of extraordinary beauty who fell in love with his own reflection, as described in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. The theme has been a popular one in the visual arts, with perhaps the most famous rendering of the subject executed by Caravaggio.
[Ref: 38384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Fr. le Moyne pinx. Pelletier Sculp.
A Amsterdam chez Pierre Fouquet junior / A Paris chez Basan [c.1750]
Engraving, sheet 560 x 410mm (22 x 16"). Trimmed inside platemark; tears to edges. Old ms in ink verso.
The story of Narcissus, a young man of extraordinary beauty who fell in love with his own reflection, as described in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. The theme has been a popular one in the visual arts, with perhaps the most famous rendering of the subject executed by Caravaggio.
[Ref: 38384] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Venus Endormie. Gravé d'apres un Tableau Original de Francois Le Moine.
F. Le Moine pinx.t. F. Aliamet sculp.t.
Se vend à Londres chez T. Major dans St Martin's Lane. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1761.
Engraving. 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"), large margins. Repaired tear in margin, some creasing and spotting.
A naked Venus, asleep with her back to the viewer. The English publisher, Thomas Major (1720-99), worked in Paris between 1745 and 1749 and made contacts in the Paris print trade that allowed him to acquire French plates like this.
[Ref: 50090] £380.00
F. Le Moine pinx.t. F. Aliamet sculp.t.
Se vend à Londres chez T. Major dans St Martin's Lane. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1761.
Engraving. 380 x 430mm (15 x 17"), large margins. Repaired tear in margin, some creasing and spotting.
A naked Venus, asleep with her back to the viewer. The English publisher, Thomas Major (1720-99), worked in Paris between 1745 and 1749 and made contacts in the Paris print trade that allowed him to acquire French plates like this.
[Ref: 50090] £380.00