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Bacchanale d'apres une Pierre Antique (Jaspe Sanguin) du Cabinet du Roy, expliquée par Casaubon dans son livre De Satyrica Graecorum et Romanorum Poësi.
Eliz. Cheron Le Hay delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp. 1713.
Avec Privil. du Roy. [n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 190 x 197mm. 7½ x 7¾".
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; Bacchus sits on a goat which struggles to bear his weight, supported on either side by satyrs and children. A naked woman plays a tambourine in front and a second plays pipes behind; a third woman picks grapes to the right. Plate 11 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25101] £90.00
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Bacchanale. Agathe du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue. Non alios utinam peperissent Fata triomphos.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin.
Avex Privil du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving. Plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾". Large margins.
A bacchanale, depicting a musical drunken revel; a large man sits naked on a donkey being led by a child playing music; a satyr behind covers himself and holds a laurel reef over the head of the seated man; a woman behind. Plate 24 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25100] £90.00
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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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Sacrifice à Esculape. Cornaline du Cabinet de Mrs. Masson.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. B.Picart sculp. 1712. C.P.R.
Engraving. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"), 18th century watermark with large margins.
Design from a classical intaglio which represents a sacrifice to Asclepius. A woman holds a snake coiled around a column, two men stand behind her, and a young man is seated on a pedestal, holding a lyre. 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: 65287] £80.00
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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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Grandear de la Pierre. du Cabinet du Roi.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. sculp. Avec Privil du Roi.
Grandeur de la Pierre [n.d, c.1700.]
Engraving. 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½").
From a Medal; a crowned woman seated on a chair looking up at a small winged cherub seated on a pillar. Plate 41 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France". 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: 65284] £80.00
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Portrait de Clèopatre derniere Reine d'Egypte tiré d'un Medaillon antique.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. Urs. et J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1736.]
Engraving, fine image with large margins. Plate 190 x 132mm. 7½ x 5¼".
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC- 30 BC) was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Plate 40 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25082] £120.00
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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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Hector, Andromaque, et Astianax leur fils. Topase du Cabinet de Mr Crozat.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. Sculp. C.P.R.
1711.
Engraving, 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
The heads of the Trojan hero Hector, his wife Andromache and son Astyanax (Scamandrius), drawn by Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved topaz gem in the collection of Pierre Crozat, published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Her study for the print, in red chalk with pen and brown ink, is in the British Museum.
[Ref: 65280] £80.00
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Hector, Andromaque, et Astianax leur fils. Topase du Cabinet de Mr Crozat.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. Sculp. C.P.R.
1711
Engraving, 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"), with large margins. On 18th century watermarked paper.
The heads of the Trojan hero Hector, his wife Andromache and son Astyanax (Scamandrius), drawn by Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648 - 1711) from an engraved topaz gem in the collection of Pierre Crozat, published in her 'Recueil des pierres antiques gravées'. Her study for the print, in red chalk with pen and brown ink, is in the British Museum.
[Ref: 65279] £80.00
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L'Enlevement d'Helene par Pâris. Cornaline blanche du Cabinet de Mrs. Masson.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp.
[Avec Privil. du Roi.] [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 190 x 184mm. 7½ x 7¼".
The elopement of Helen, Queen of Sparta, with Paris, son of King Priam of Troy; this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. Helen's journey to Troy is usually depicted as a forced abduction. Plate 10 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25086] £70.00
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Teste d'Hercule. Pierre antique du Cabinet de....
Elizab.Cheron L.H. delin. C.Simonneau maj. Sculp. C.P.R.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 135 x 100mm (5¼ x 4"), large margins.
Portrait of Hercules, the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. 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: 65290] £80.00
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Sacrifice à l'Amour. Cornaline du Cabinet de Messieurs Masson.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. U. et J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 286 x 209mm. 11¼ x 8¼".
Beneath a columned roof stands a statue of a cupid with a laurel in one hand a holding a drape wrapped over his body. Four men and a woman appear with an ox as a sacrifice. Plate 18 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25087] £140.00
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Cornaline Antique representant un Mariage. Elle est du_Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Elizabeth Cheron L.H. delineavit. I. Audran sculpsit.
Avec Privilege du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 184 x 197mm. 7¼ x 7¾".
A young man and woman lying on the ground in the centre with parent figures to the right, and and old and young man to the left, the older figure playing pipes. Plate 6 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25095] £140.00
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[Caesarion] Portrait du Jeune Ptolomée dernier Roy d'Egypte tiré d'un Médaillon Antique d'Argent.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. J. de la Croix sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.170.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 184 x 127mm. 7¼ x 5".
Plotemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (47 BC-30 BC), better known as Caesarion, was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt. He was killed on the orders of Octavian, who would later become the Roman Emperor Augustus.
[Ref: 25070] £80.00
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La Continence de Scipion. Tite Live L. XXVI. Cornaline du Cabinet de Mrs. Masson. Grandeur de la Pierre.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp.
Avec. Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, wth large margins. Plate 184 x 197mm. 7¼ x 7¾".
The Roman general Scipio returning a captured young woman to her fiancé, having refused to accept her from his troops as a prize of war. Plate 13 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25094] £95.00
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Venus se plaint à Jupiter de la Tempête que Junon a excitée contre Enée. Virg. Eneide L.1.v.233. Agathe du Cabinet de Mr. Bourdaloue.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. H. Simon Thomassin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1710.]
Engraving, with large margins. Plate 204 x 190mm. 8 x 7½".
Venus complains to Jupiter of the storm that Juno created against Aeneas, signs of the Zodiac in circle. Plate 15 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25068] £140.00
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Grandeur de la Pierre. du Cabinet de Roi.
Eliz. Cheron L.H. delin. C. Simonneau maj. sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving. Plate 197 x 140mm. 7¾ x 5½". Large margins.
From a Medal; a crowned woman seated on a chair looking up at a small winged cherub seated on a pillar. Possibly plate 41 from "Pierres Antiques Gravées Tirées des Principaux Cabinets de la France".
[Ref: 25085] £70.00
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