A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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![[Povr La Magnanimite Dans La Piece De La Element DV FEV] Splendet. Et Ascendit.](jpegs/57329.jpg)
[Povr La Magnanimite Dans La Piece De La Element DV FEV] Splendet. Et Ascendit. [Vne Fufee Volante...]
[Sebastien Leclerc]
[Paris: C, Blageart, 1668.]
Proof engraving, plate 185 x 175mm (7¼ x 7"), with small margins. Blue ink Collector's stamp on reverse. Some creasing.
Device for the tapestry "Allegory of Fire" from "Devices pour les tapisseries du roy: ou sout representez les quatre elemens et les quatre seasons de l'annee." A view of a rocket shooting off into the sky surrounded by an oval frame adorned with guns, firewood, coals, cannon balls and other pyrotechnic paraphernalia. A flaming creature also resides at the top of the frame.
A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715: 57.
[Ref: 57329] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Sebastien Leclerc]
[Paris: C, Blageart, 1668.]
Proof engraving, plate 185 x 175mm (7¼ x 7"), with small margins. Blue ink Collector's stamp on reverse. Some creasing.
Device for the tapestry "Allegory of Fire" from "Devices pour les tapisseries du roy: ou sout representez les quatre elemens et les quatre seasons de l'annee." A view of a rocket shooting off into the sky surrounded by an oval frame adorned with guns, firewood, coals, cannon balls and other pyrotechnic paraphernalia. A flaming creature also resides at the top of the frame.
A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660–1715: 57.
[Ref: 57329] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
La Galerie de l'hostel royal des Gobelins ou l'on fait voir A Monseig.r Colbert...
Seb. le Clerc fecit.
[n.d. c.1696] [Nicolas Langlois]
Engraving, 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Slight staining.
From a series of six, 'Les Batailles d'Alexandre.' An interior gallery of the Hôtel des Gobelins (Gobelins Royal Manufactory) in Paris, France, decorated with statues on the left and tapestries on the right; at the center, Edouard Colbert, , Marquess of Villacerf (1629-99) surrounded by courtiers, is presented with tapestries depicting the story of Alexander the Great, with Colbert’s coat of arms shown in the lower margin.
Jombert 1774: 257.
[Ref: 68156] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Seb. le Clerc fecit.
[n.d. c.1696] [Nicolas Langlois]
Engraving, 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Slight staining.
From a series of six, 'Les Batailles d'Alexandre.' An interior gallery of the Hôtel des Gobelins (Gobelins Royal Manufactory) in Paris, France, decorated with statues on the left and tapestries on the right; at the center, Edouard Colbert, , Marquess of Villacerf (1629-99) surrounded by courtiers, is presented with tapestries depicting the story of Alexander the Great, with Colbert’s coat of arms shown in the lower margin.
Jombert 1774: 257.
[Ref: 68156] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots]](jpegs/40463.jpg)
[The Prodigal Son Revelling with Harlots]
[After Sébastien Leclerc II, c.1760s]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 305 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"). Trimmed inside platemark lower edge; creases.
A young gentleman dining with three women, one of whom he embraces. On the left an old woman, unnoticed, gathers coins left on a gaming table. Anonymous continental copy of a plate from a set of six depicting the parable of the prodigal son, engraved by Richard Purcell after Sébastien Leclerc II. There also exists a contemporary British copy of the print (in reverse), titled 'Women & Wine'.
[Ref: 40463] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[After Sébastien Leclerc II, c.1760s]
Rare mezzotint, sheet 305 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"). Trimmed inside platemark lower edge; creases.
A young gentleman dining with three women, one of whom he embraces. On the left an old woman, unnoticed, gathers coins left on a gaming table. Anonymous continental copy of a plate from a set of six depicting the parable of the prodigal son, engraved by Richard Purcell after Sébastien Leclerc II. There also exists a contemporary British copy of the print (in reverse), titled 'Women & Wine'.
[Ref: 40463] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Dessein.
A. Le Clerc, pinx. E. Jeaurat Sculp.
1734. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Engraving, sheet 220 x 255mm (8¾ x 10) Thread margins. Trimmed within plate slightly at bottom. Paper border glued to top margin and within plate.
A woman points to a sketch seemingly to teach the two young boys with her. A very attractive image.
[Ref: 58571] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Le Clerc, pinx. E. Jeaurat Sculp.
1734. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Engraving, sheet 220 x 255mm (8¾ x 10) Thread margins. Trimmed within plate slightly at bottom. Paper border glued to top margin and within plate.
A woman points to a sketch seemingly to teach the two young boys with her. A very attractive image.
[Ref: 58571] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)