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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".
[Ref: 25104] £160.00
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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
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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
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