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[An alchemist at work.]
[An alchemist at work.]
[Engraved by Pierre Chenu after Thomas Wyck.]
[Paris, Chenu? n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, fine proof before letters, very scarce. 430 x 520mm (17 x 20½" Tear entering image on left.
An alchemist at work at a furnace, his books on a stool. His wife and children sit to one side, and one assistant rummages in a cupboard, another watching. Thomas Wyck (or 'Wijck', 1616-77) was a Flemish painter whose interiors are said to have influenced Thomas Wright of Derby. Alchemy was a subject he returned to frequently. A pre-Fire prospect of London by Wyck is in the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth.
[Ref: 34375]   £450.00  
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Les Amusements des Matelots.
Les Amusements des Matelots. Gravé d'après le Tableau Original de David Teniers, large d'un pied 10. pouces, sur 1 pied 2. pouces de haut. Qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur le Comte de Vence Maréchal des Camps et Armeés du Roy.
D. Teniers Pinx. P. Chenu Sculp.
A Paris chés l'Auteur rue de la Harpe à côté du Passage des Jacobins vis-à-vis le Caffé de Condé. [n.d., c.1753.]
Etching. 380 x 490mm (15 x 19¼"). Tear just entering plate on right & left. Large margins.
The Pleasures of Sailors: tavern scene with five peasants smoking and drinking in right foreground, the right one holding a large jug, others playing cards in front of the fire-place in right background.
[Ref: 38102]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Boulanger Flamand. [The Flemish Baker.]
Le Boulanger Flamand. [The Flemish Baker.] Gravé d'Après le Tableau original d'Adrien Van Ostad. Tiré du Cabinet du Chevalier de la Rocque.
A. Van Ostade Pinx. P. Chenu Sculp.
AParis chez Lebas, Graveur du Roy, rue de la Harpe. 1743.
Etching, 280 x 200mm. 11 x 8". A fine and early impression.
Blowing a horn, head turned to the left, leaning on the lower half of a door; a small boy looking up to left. Advertised in 'Mercure', March 1743. After Adriaen Jansz van Ostade (1610 - 1685).
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18498]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[Roški Slap on the Krka] Vue Particuliere de la Cascade de la Kerka,
[Roški Slap on the Krka] Vue Particuliere de la Cascade de la Kerka, audessus de Scardona en Dalmatie.
Dessiné par Cassas. Gravé à l'Eau-forte par la C.re Chenu. Terminé par Neé.
[n.d., 1802.]
Etching. 430 x 280mm (17 x 11"), large margins.
Roški Slap, waterfalls and cascades on the Lrka River, within the Krka National Park in Croatia. From 'Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie', with a text by Joseph Lavallée.
[Ref: 58040]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Grivois Flamand. [The Flemish Drinker.]
Le Grivois Flamand. [The Flemish Drinker.] Gravé d'Après le Tableau original d'Adrien Van Ostad. Tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur le Comte de Vence.
A. Van Ostade Pinx. P. Chenu Sculp.
AParis chez Le Bas Graveur du Roy, rue de la Harpe. 1745. Et chez Major a Londres.
Etching, sheet 280 x 205mm. 11 x 8". Trimmed to plate, cut.
A peasant man holding a jug, looking over his shoulder at the viewer through a window. Advertised in 'Mercure', September 1743. After Adriaen Jansz van Ostade (1610 - 1685).
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18499]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Guillaume Temple.
Guillaume Temple. Envoyé de Charles II. Roy de la Grand Bretagne au pres des Etats Generaux. Mort au Mois de Fevrier 1690.
Lely Pinx. Chenu Sculp.
AParis chez Odieuvre, M.d d'Estampes rüe des Mathurins chez Mr Joubert.
Engraving with borders, printed from two plates, with very large margins, total 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
Oval portrait of Sir William Temple (1628-99, not 1690 as title), within a separately-printed, frame-like border. As a diplomat he negotiated the marriage William of Orange and Princess Mary, and the Triple Alliance between England, Sweden & the United Provinces, 1668.
[Ref: 34965]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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