A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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La Curiosité Punie. Dediée à Monsieur le Baron Thadée de Reischach, Chambellan de leurs Majestés Imp.les et Royal Apostoliques, Conseiller Aulique du Commerce, &c. Par son très humble et très Obeissant Serviteur J.G. Schwab.
Peint par Schenau. Gravé A Paris par J.G. Schwab.
A Paris chés Joullain Quais de la Megisserie, à la Ville de Rome. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine etching. 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
'Curiosity punished': a young woman throws her hands up in surprise as a snake toy pops out of a box held by a man sitting on the left as another man claps his hands. The scene is within a trompe-l'oeil window, with heavy drapery resting on the window sill.
[Ref: 38302] £320.00
Peint par Schenau. Gravé A Paris par J.G. Schwab.
A Paris chés Joullain Quais de la Megisserie, à la Ville de Rome. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine etching. 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
'Curiosity punished': a young woman throws her hands up in surprise as a snake toy pops out of a box held by a man sitting on the left as another man claps his hands. The scene is within a trompe-l'oeil window, with heavy drapery resting on the window sill.
[Ref: 38302] £320.00
![[Deceptive feminine charm]](jpegs/44942.jpg)
[Deceptive feminine charm] L'Appas Trompeur / Une Souris qu'on tient au bout d'une ficelle, / Tente le Chat friand qui voudroit la happer [...]
Eisen Pater Pinx. J.G. Schwab Sculp.
A Paris chés Buldet rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 360 x 280mm (14 x 11"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a boy dangling a mouse in front of a cat; verses below drawing analogy with love, delighting in teasing those who fall victim to beautiful women. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44942] £360.00
Eisen Pater Pinx. J.G. Schwab Sculp.
A Paris chés Buldet rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 360 x 280mm (14 x 11"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a boy dangling a mouse in front of a cat; verses below drawing analogy with love, delighting in teasing those who fall victim to beautiful women. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44942] £360.00
Me Moulin d'Attrape Dediée à son Excellence Monsigneur le Comte Rodolphe Choteck de Chotkowa et Wognin... Par son très humble et très Obeissant Serviteur J.G. Schwab.
Peint par Schenau. Gravé A Paris par J.G. Schwab.
A Paris chés Joullain Quais de la Megisserie, à la Ville de Rome. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine etching. 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
Three women play with a windmill gadget held by a man. The scene is within a trompe-l'oeil window, the man's cloak resting on the window sill.
[Ref: 38303] £340.00
Peint par Schenau. Gravé A Paris par J.G. Schwab.
A Paris chés Joullain Quais de la Megisserie, à la Ville de Rome. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine etching. 400 x 290mm (15¾ x 11½"). Very large margins.
Three women play with a windmill gadget held by a man. The scene is within a trompe-l'oeil window, the man's cloak resting on the window sill.
[Ref: 38303] £340.00