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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Marie de Laubespine femme de Nicolas Lambert, Seign.r de Thorigny, President en la Chambre des Comptes.
N. Largilliere Pinxit. P. Drevet sculp.
A Paris chez P. Drevet [n.d., c.1698].
Engraving. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
Marie de L'Aubespine, married Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny, president of the Chambre des comptes, in 1653. Thorigny used his position to amass a great wealth, owning 14 house on l'île Saint-Louis.
FD81 II.
[Ref: 52946] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
N. Largilliere Pinxit. P. Drevet sculp.
A Paris chez P. Drevet [n.d., c.1698].
Engraving. 470 x 345mm (18½ x 13½"), with large margins. Slight mount burn.
Marie de L'Aubespine, married Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny, president of the Chambre des comptes, in 1653. Thorigny used his position to amass a great wealth, owning 14 house on l'île Saint-Louis.
FD81 II.
[Ref: 52946] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Largilliere & family.]](jpegs/65320.jpg)
[Nicholas Largilliere & family.]
N. de Largilliere Pinx. I.Beckett fe.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1686.]
Mezzotint. 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate. Crease top right.
Largilliere's portrait of himself and his family in an ornamental garden with statuary including a female nude and a fountain of a cherub riding on a dophin. He stands, leaning against a pedestal, looking down on his wife, who is seated with two small children, to whom she feeds grapes and other fruit. Also depicted are a peacock and a King Charles Spaniel.
CS: Beckett 60, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65320] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
N. de Largilliere Pinx. I.Beckett fe.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1686.]
Mezzotint. 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate. Crease top right.
Largilliere's portrait of himself and his family in an ornamental garden with statuary including a female nude and a fountain of a cherub riding on a dophin. He stands, leaning against a pedestal, looking down on his wife, who is seated with two small children, to whom she feeds grapes and other fruit. Also depicted are a peacock and a King Charles Spaniel.
CS: Beckett 60, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65320] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Largilliere & family.]](jpegs/65321.jpg)
[Nicholas Largilliere & family.]
N. de Largilliere Pinx. I.Beckett fe.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1686.]
Mezzotint. 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, crease in top right corner.
Largilliere's portrait of himself and his family in an ornamental garden with statuary including a female nude and a fountain of a cherub riding on a dophin. He stands, leaning against a pedestal, looking down on his wife, who is seated with two small children, to whom she feeds grapes and other fruit. Also depicted are a peacock and a King Charles Spaniel.
CS: Beckett 60, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65321] £360.00
N. de Largilliere Pinx. I.Beckett fe.
I. Smith ex. [n.d., c.1686.]
Mezzotint. 370 x 270mm (14½ x 10½"). Trimmed to plate, crease in top right corner.
Largilliere's portrait of himself and his family in an ornamental garden with statuary including a female nude and a fountain of a cherub riding on a dophin. He stands, leaning against a pedestal, looking down on his wife, who is seated with two small children, to whom she feeds grapes and other fruit. Also depicted are a peacock and a King Charles Spaniel.
CS: Beckett 60, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65321] £360.00
Serenissima Maria Beatrix D.G. Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina & et.
N. de Largillière Pinxit. I.Smith Fecit Cum Priviligio Regis.
Sold By Alex Brown at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street. [n.d. c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 350 x 252mm (13¾ x 10"). Late.
Oval portrait of Marie-Beatrix (1658-1718), Mary of Modena, daughter of Alfonso IV. In 1673 she became the second wife of James, Duke of York, later James II. She was mother of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. Published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'.
CS:171, ii/ii.
[Ref: 30923] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
N. de Largillière Pinxit. I.Smith Fecit Cum Priviligio Regis.
Sold By Alex Brown at ye blew ballcony in little Queen Street. [n.d. c.1811.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 350 x 252mm (13¾ x 10"). Late.
Oval portrait of Marie-Beatrix (1658-1718), Mary of Modena, daughter of Alfonso IV. In 1673 she became the second wife of James, Duke of York, later James II. She was mother of James Francis Edward, the 'Old Pretender'. Published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads'.
CS:171, ii/ii.
[Ref: 30923] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Francois vander Meulen Natif de Bruxelles, Peintre Ordinaire de L'Histoire du Roy Tres-Chretien. C'est de Louis Le Grand le Peintre incomparable, / Qui de ses plus beaux faits a peint la Verité, / Et qui sans le secours des couleurs de la fable, Le fait voir ce qu'il est a la Posterité.
Peint par N. de Largilliere. Gravé par P. Van Schuppen 1687.
Se Vend A Paris Chez P. Van Shuppen rue St Jâques. Avec Privilege de Roy.
Engraving. 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16") very large margins. Margins bit messy.
A large oval portrait of Adam-François van der Meulen (1632-90) a Flemish painter instrumental in the creation of the image of Louis XIV as the 'Sun King', with paintings of his battles and court.
[Ref: 49639] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par N. de Largilliere. Gravé par P. Van Schuppen 1687.
Se Vend A Paris Chez P. Van Shuppen rue St Jâques. Avec Privilege de Roy.
Engraving. 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16") very large margins. Margins bit messy.
A large oval portrait of Adam-François van der Meulen (1632-90) a Flemish painter instrumental in the creation of the image of Louis XIV as the 'Sun King', with paintings of his battles and court.
[Ref: 49639] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
James Francis Edward Prince of Wales & Prince and Great Steward of Scotl &c.
Largillierre pinxit.
Se vend Chez Gantrel rue St Jacque a limage St. Maur.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a young boy, in a dress. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III.
Sharp: 92, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57230] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Largillierre pinxit.
Se vend Chez Gantrel rue St Jacque a limage St. Maur.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) as a young boy, in a dress. The son of James II, he earned the nickname of the 'Old Pretender' but styling himself James III.
Sharp: 92, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 57230] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Iames Francis Edward Prince of Wales & Prince and Steward of Scotl:
N. de Largillierre pinxit. F. van Schuppen sculp. cum Pr. Regis 1692.
[French, c.1700.]
Copper engraving, sheet 345 x 275mm. 13½ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate. Laid down at two corners.
Bust portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart, 'The Old Pretender' (1688 - 1766), son of the deposed James II; as a child, Prince of Wales's feathers below, the title lettered to oval frame. As James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones from the death of his father in 1701, when he was proclaimed king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his cousin Louis XIV of France. Following his death in 1766 he was succeeded by his son Charles Edward Stuart in the Jacobite Succession. After Nicolas de Largillière (1656 - 1746).
Sharp: 91.
[Ref: 18345] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
N. de Largillierre pinxit. F. van Schuppen sculp. cum Pr. Regis 1692.
[French, c.1700.]
Copper engraving, sheet 345 x 275mm. 13½ x 10¾". Trimmed to plate. Laid down at two corners.
Bust portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart, 'The Old Pretender' (1688 - 1766), son of the deposed James II; as a child, Prince of Wales's feathers below, the title lettered to oval frame. As James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones from the death of his father in 1701, when he was proclaimed king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his cousin Louis XIV of France. Following his death in 1766 he was succeeded by his son Charles Edward Stuart in the Jacobite Succession. After Nicolas de Largillière (1656 - 1746).
Sharp: 91.
[Ref: 18345] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Le Prince de Galles et La Princess sa Soeur.
N. de Largillierre pinx. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Mezzotint. 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), as a boy, with his sister, Louisa Maria, standing in a garden. James is wearing cravat, ribbons, sash, badge of the Garter and coat, hat under his arm, and holding gloves. Louisa Maria is wearing lace cap and dress, and robe, and holding a flower. James is stroking the head of a greyhound, with a small dog on the right and a parrot perched in a tree in an urn.
CS: 247: iii of iv. Sharpe: 114, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64641] £360.00
N. de Largillierre pinx. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Mezzotint. 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), as a boy, with his sister, Louisa Maria, standing in a garden. James is wearing cravat, ribbons, sash, badge of the Garter and coat, hat under his arm, and holding gloves. Louisa Maria is wearing lace cap and dress, and robe, and holding a flower. James is stroking the head of a greyhound, with a small dog on the right and a parrot perched in a tree in an urn.
CS: 247: iii of iv. Sharpe: 114, iii of iv. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64641] £360.00
Le Prince de Galles et La Princess sa Soeur.
N. de Largillierre pinx. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Mezzotint. 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at corners, tear through title to image.
Full length portrait of James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), as a boy, with his sister, Louisa Maria, standing in a garden. James is wearing cravat, ribbons, sash, badge of the Garter and coat, hat under his arm, and holding gloves. Louisa Maria is wearing lace cap and dress, and robe, and holding a flower. James is stroking the head of a greyhound, with a small dog on the right and a parrot perched in a tree in an urn.
CS: 247. Sharpe 114. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64642] £360.00
N. de Largillierre pinx. I. Smith fec.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Mezzotint. 400 x 300mm (15¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to plate, laid on album paper at corners, tear through title to image.
Full length portrait of James Stuart (the 'Old Pretender'), as a boy, with his sister, Louisa Maria, standing in a garden. James is wearing cravat, ribbons, sash, badge of the Garter and coat, hat under his arm, and holding gloves. Louisa Maria is wearing lace cap and dress, and robe, and holding a flower. James is stroking the head of a greyhound, with a small dog on the right and a parrot perched in a tree in an urn.
CS: 247. Sharpe 114. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64642] £360.00
Louise Marie Stuart Princesse d'Angleterre Filles du Roy Iacque et de Marie Eleonor d'Éste Neé le 28 Iuin 1692.
Larfilliere P. Gravé par E. Desrochers et se vend chez luy rue S.t Jacques au Mecenas a Paris.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Rare & fine engraving. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of Louisa Maria Stuart (1692-1712) the last child of James II and Mary of Modena. Louisa Maria was born and brought up in France and known as the 'Princess Royal' by Jacobites.
[Ref: 46675] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Larfilliere P. Gravé par E. Desrochers et se vend chez luy rue S.t Jacques au Mecenas a Paris.
[n.d., c.1710.]
Rare & fine engraving. Plate: 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A half-length portrait of Louisa Maria Stuart (1692-1712) the last child of James II and Mary of Modena. Louisa Maria was born and brought up in France and known as the 'Princess Royal' by Jacobites.
[Ref: 46675] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Baptiste Tavernier Escuier Baron D'Aubonne, Age de LXXIV Ans, 1679. De Paris, a Delly, du Couchant a l'Auroure,/ De fameux Voiageur courit plus d'une fois [...]
Joan Hainzelman ad vivum del et sculp cum privil Regis 1679
A Paris chez ted. hain sur le petit pont à l'echarpe blanche.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) French adventurer and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'. Stated here as 'from the life' by the engraver Johann Hainzelman but elsewhere said to be after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière.
[Ref: 34238] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Joan Hainzelman ad vivum del et sculp cum privil Regis 1679
A Paris chez ted. hain sur le petit pont à l'echarpe blanche.
Engraving, sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Jean Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689) French adventurer and pioneer of trade with India, who published an account of his travels through Persia. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668. Lost during the French Revolution it is believed that it was recut as the famous 'Hope Diamond'. Stated here as 'from the life' by the engraver Johann Hainzelman but elsewhere said to be after a portrait by Nicolas de Largillière.
[Ref: 34238] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)