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Bacchus épouse Ariane dans l'Isle de Naxe, ou Thésée l'avoir abandonnée.
Bacchus épouse Ariane dans l'Isle de Naxe, ou Thésée l'avoir abandonnée.
Elizabeth Cheron L.H. delin et sculp. 1710.
Cum Privilegio Regis [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, unfinished proof, only half the inscription. 185 x 202mm. 7¼ x 8". Cut.
Ariadne, bear-breatesed, lies collapsed having been left on the island of Naxos, deserted by her lover Theseus, whose ship sails away to the far left. She is discovered by Bacchus, leading a procession of revelers. Copy of plate 5 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
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Cornaline antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Cornaline antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Eliz Cheron L.H. delin et Sculp. Cum Privilegio Regis.
Grand.r de la Pierre [n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, 125 x 100mm (5 x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
A naked man and women stand together, their bodies partially covered with draped robes. Published in Cheron's, 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648-1711) was a French painter and engraver who received her training from her father, Henri Chéron, an enamel painter, miniaturist, and engraver. Coming from an artistic family, her brother, Louis Chéron (1655-1725), was also a painter, illustrator, and art teacher. At the age of 22, in 1670, she became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture as a portrait painter, supported by the renowned artist Charles Le Brun (1619-90). She was the fourth woman to be admitted to the academy.
[Ref: 65286]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Cornaline Antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Cornaline Antique du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue. Grand.r de la Pierre.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin et Sculp.
Cum Privilegio Regis. [n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving. Plate 127 x 102mm. 5 x 4". Large margins.
Two classical figures both with nude torso; a woman greeting her military man who stands holding a spear and wearing a helmet, whilst she rests her left foot on the decapitated head of another man. Plate 20 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25084]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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