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Ballet dansé au Théatre de l'Opera, dans le Carnaval du Parnasse. Acte Ier. Dedié, è Monseigneur, le Duc de la Valiere; Pair et Grand Fauconnier de France, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Brigadier de ses Armées, Gouverneur et Grand Senechal de la Province de Bourbonnois et Capitaoine des Chasses de la Capitainerie Royale de la Varenne du Louvre, Par son très humble et très obéissant serviteur, Basan.
G. De St. Aubin Pinxit F. Basan Sc.
A Paris, ches Basan, Graveur, rue St. Jacques. [c.1760]
Etching and engraving, platemark 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"). Repaired tear, trimmed close to plate. Very scarce.
Scene from the 'Carnaval de Parnasse', a ballet composed by Fuzelier and Mondonville. It was issued as a pair to 'La Guinguette', depicting a scene from the pantomime of that name by created by de Hesse.
[Ref: 23105] £360.00
G. De St. Aubin Pinxit F. Basan Sc.
A Paris, ches Basan, Graveur, rue St. Jacques. [c.1760]
Etching and engraving, platemark 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"). Repaired tear, trimmed close to plate. Very scarce.
Scene from the 'Carnaval de Parnasse', a ballet composed by Fuzelier and Mondonville. It was issued as a pair to 'La Guinguette', depicting a scene from the pantomime of that name by created by de Hesse.
[Ref: 23105] £360.00
Le Benedicte Hollandois.
Scalf Pinx. Basan Sculp.
A Paris chés Baran Graveur rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, plate papermarked. Plate 291 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Mint.
A husband and wife sat at their table ready to eat, with a pastor standing behind looking to the heavens and praying; a dog on the ground in front.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28411] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Scalf Pinx. Basan Sculp.
A Paris chés Baran Graveur rue St. Jacques. [n.d. c.1760.]
Very fine engraving with large margins, plate papermarked. Plate 291 x 215mm (11½ x 8½"). Mint.
A husband and wife sat at their table ready to eat, with a pastor standing behind looking to the heavens and praying; a dog on the ground in front.
From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28411] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Les Joueurs de Cartes. Dedié à Messire Joseph de Raousset Comte de Boulbon / D'apres le Tableau original de meme grandeur, Tiré de son Cabinet Par son tres humble Serviteur Basan
D. Teniers Pinx. F. Basan Sculp
A Paris chez Basset, Md d'Estampes, rue St. Jacques, No 64 [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 340 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Very large margins. Water staining to edges.
Men playing cards and smoking in a tavern, after the Dutch painter of genre scenes David Teniers (1610-90). Engraved by François Basan (1723-97), an engraver by training who from the mid 1750s on concentrated on publishing and dealing. He also succeeded the great Mariette as the major Parisian print expert, and authored a standard 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs anciens et modernes' (1767, 2nd ed.1789).
[Ref: 38459] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
D. Teniers Pinx. F. Basan Sculp
A Paris chez Basset, Md d'Estampes, rue St. Jacques, No 64 [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 340 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Very large margins. Water staining to edges.
Men playing cards and smoking in a tavern, after the Dutch painter of genre scenes David Teniers (1610-90). Engraved by François Basan (1723-97), an engraver by training who from the mid 1750s on concentrated on publishing and dealing. He also succeeded the great Mariette as the major Parisian print expert, and authored a standard 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs anciens et modernes' (1767, 2nd ed.1789).
[Ref: 38459] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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L'Instant Critique. [The critical moment.]
Peint par D. Teniers, dans le gout de Rembrandt. Grave par F. Basan.
AParis chés Basan rue du Foin [n.d., c.1780].
Engraving, with small margins; 330 x 230mm. 13 x 9". Glue stain to lower right corner, else a fine impression.
Interior with a man seated at a table, absorbed in reading a book by the light of a window; more books, an ink pot and quill pen, alongside a human skull and assorted vessels, on the table in front of him. After David Teniers the Younger (1610 - 1690) 'in the style of Rembrandt'.
[Ref: 26338] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par D. Teniers, dans le gout de Rembrandt. Grave par F. Basan.
AParis chés Basan rue du Foin [n.d., c.1780].
Engraving, with small margins; 330 x 230mm. 13 x 9". Glue stain to lower right corner, else a fine impression.
Interior with a man seated at a table, absorbed in reading a book by the light of a window; more books, an ink pot and quill pen, alongside a human skull and assorted vessels, on the table in front of him. After David Teniers the Younger (1610 - 1690) 'in the style of Rembrandt'.
[Ref: 26338] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
L'Amour Asiatique. Quand on a trop facilement / Les Doux plaisirs qu'Amour dispense, Ils piquent moins assurement: / Nous aimons mieux les dérober en France.
Ch. Eisen Inv. F. Basan Exc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 385 x 290mm, 15¼ x 11½". Trimmed just within plate at top, otherwise large margins.
A concubine presenting a pipe to a sultan, both seated under a baldaquin. An odalisque prepares coffee on a brazier. Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778), became painter and draftsman to the Louis XV and drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour. Pierre-François Basan (1723-1797), engraver, printseller and publisher of a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767.
[Ref: 26554] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Ch. Eisen Inv. F. Basan Exc.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 385 x 290mm, 15¼ x 11½". Trimmed just within plate at top, otherwise large margins.
A concubine presenting a pipe to a sultan, both seated under a baldaquin. An odalisque prepares coffee on a brazier. Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778), became painter and draftsman to the Louis XV and drawing-master to Madame de Pompadour. Pierre-François Basan (1723-1797), engraver, printseller and publisher of a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767.
[Ref: 26554] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Les Buveurs.
V. Ostade Pinx. F. Basan Sc.
à Amsterdam, chés P. Fouquet Junior; et à Paris, chés Basan Graveur, rue St Jacques. [n.d. c.1789.]
Engraving and etching. Plate 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼".
A rustic interior with three peasants gathered around a barrel, drinking and smoking.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18509] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
V. Ostade Pinx. F. Basan Sc.
à Amsterdam, chés P. Fouquet Junior; et à Paris, chés Basan Graveur, rue St Jacques. [n.d. c.1789.]
Engraving and etching. Plate 310 x 235mm. 12¼ x 9¼".
A rustic interior with three peasants gathered around a barrel, drinking and smoking.
Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18509] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Le Lever Hollandois. Ce petit chien dansant qui distrait la soubrette, Dequel qu'amant léger, ou d'un mary bénet / Philis, seroit-il le portrait Que vous menés à la baguette.]
]F. Mieris Pinx. F. Basan sc.]
[à Dresde chez P. Resler Marchand d'Estampes de la Cour.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
A Dutch lady at her toilet, standing in the middle of her bedroom, wearing a nightcap and fur-trimmed jacket, stretching her hand out towards her lap-dog, which is standing on its hind legs. Plate 18 from 'Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl', a pair to 'le déjeuner hollandois'. The original painting, from c.1660, is in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 50457] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
]F. Mieris Pinx. F. Basan sc.]
[à Dresde chez P. Resler Marchand d'Estampes de la Cour.]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 345 x 240mm (13¾ x 9½").
A Dutch lady at her toilet, standing in the middle of her bedroom, wearing a nightcap and fur-trimmed jacket, stretching her hand out towards her lap-dog, which is standing on its hind legs. Plate 18 from 'Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl', a pair to 'le déjeuner hollandois'. The original painting, from c.1660, is in the Hermitage.
[Ref: 50457] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
2.e Vue des Environs de Naples. Gravé d'Après le Dessein Original tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur l'Empereur
Vernet Delineavit. F. Basan sculpsit.
A Paris ches Basan Graveur et a Amsterdam chez P. Fouquet.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"); very large margins. Staining upper right.
Fine Italian landscape after Joseph Vernet (1714-89). In 1734 Vernet's patron Joseph de Seytres, Marquis de Caumont offered to sponsor Vernet to travel to Italy, where he lived until returning to France in 1753. The larger part of Vernet's Italian output consists of imaginary landscapes, either of pastoral landscapes such as this or coastal scenes of either calm or stormy water.
[Ref: 41415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Vernet Delineavit. F. Basan sculpsit.
A Paris ches Basan Graveur et a Amsterdam chez P. Fouquet.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 365mm (10½ x 14½"); very large margins. Staining upper right.
Fine Italian landscape after Joseph Vernet (1714-89). In 1734 Vernet's patron Joseph de Seytres, Marquis de Caumont offered to sponsor Vernet to travel to Italy, where he lived until returning to France in 1753. The larger part of Vernet's Italian output consists of imaginary landscapes, either of pastoral landscapes such as this or coastal scenes of either calm or stormy water.
[Ref: 41415] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Persée les mains teintes encore du sang du Monstre dont il vient de délivrer Andromède; se lave à la Fontaine Hypocrène, et l'Amour prêt à les unir.
Bourdon pinx. F. Basan exc.
A Paris, chés Basan, Graveur, Place Maubert, proche le rue de la Bucherie.
Etching. 365 x 445mm (14½ x 17½") large margins. Slight staining bottom right in margins.
Perseus washing in hands in a stream after having slain the sea monster. Behind him Cupid stands looking at Andromeda who, free of her chains, is seen wrapping herself in a drapery. Pegasus flaps his wings. On the right nereids put coral on Perseus' shield. The body of the sea monster can be seen on the right.
BM: 1873,0712.297.
[Ref: 48826] £350.00
Bourdon pinx. F. Basan exc.
A Paris, chés Basan, Graveur, Place Maubert, proche le rue de la Bucherie.
Etching. 365 x 445mm (14½ x 17½") large margins. Slight staining bottom right in margins.
Perseus washing in hands in a stream after having slain the sea monster. Behind him Cupid stands looking at Andromeda who, free of her chains, is seen wrapping herself in a drapery. Pegasus flaps his wings. On the right nereids put coral on Perseus' shield. The body of the sea monster can be seen on the right.
BM: 1873,0712.297.
[Ref: 48826] £350.00
La Mort aux Rats.
C. Vischer inv. F. Basan Exc.
[n.d., c.17y0.]
Engraving. Sheet 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate on all sides, into inscription area at bottom.
A reversed engraving of Cornelis Visscher's 'Rat Catcher of Paris'.
[Ref: 44978] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
C. Vischer inv. F. Basan Exc.
[n.d., c.17y0.]
Engraving. Sheet 370 x 320mm (14½ x 12½"). Trimmed within plate on all sides, into inscription area at bottom.
A reversed engraving of Cornelis Visscher's 'Rat Catcher of Paris'.
[Ref: 44978] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Le Chanteur Gothique.
A. Booth Pinx. F. Basan sculp.
a Paris ches Basan Graveur rue St. Jacques. Et a Amsterdam ches Pierre Fouquet [n.d., c.1760].
Etching and engraving, with large margins; 370 x 270mm. 14½ x 10¾". Two stain spots to image, else a good impression.
Countryside scene: a singer stood on an up-turned basket singers to onlookers standing by; hymn singing as they hold scores in their hands.
[Ref: 27678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A. Booth Pinx. F. Basan sculp.
a Paris ches Basan Graveur rue St. Jacques. Et a Amsterdam ches Pierre Fouquet [n.d., c.1760].
Etching and engraving, with large margins; 370 x 270mm. 14½ x 10¾". Two stain spots to image, else a good impression.
Countryside scene: a singer stood on an up-turned basket singers to onlookers standing by; hymn singing as they hold scores in their hands.
[Ref: 27678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
From a Drawing of Haeslen in 1701.
Engraved by Basan.
Gent. Mag. July, 1767.
Engraving. Plate 191 x 115mm. 7½ x 4½". Trimmed to the plate along the top and right-hand edge.
A Swiss couple from Haslen, standing in an archway with a stable door and vines growing over the top. He stands holding a small glass of wine looking towards the viewer, whilst his wife leans in looking at him tenderly, holding the bottle of wine (empty!).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18818] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Basan.
Gent. Mag. July, 1767.
Engraving. Plate 191 x 115mm. 7½ x 4½". Trimmed to the plate along the top and right-hand edge.
A Swiss couple from Haslen, standing in an archway with a stable door and vines growing over the top. He stands holding a small glass of wine looking towards the viewer, whilst his wife leans in looking at him tenderly, holding the bottle of wine (empty!).
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18818] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)