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La Fidelite.
L. Lagrenée inv. N.F. Regnault. Sp.
AParis chés Regnault, rue croix des petits-Champs. [n.d. c.1770.]
Very fine stipple printed in red ink. Plate 186 x 196mm (7¼ x 7¾"). Glued to backing sheet at corners.
'Loyalty', sanguine stipple after L.J.F. Lagrenée (1724-1805), pupil of Van Loo and Director of the St Petersburg Academy before occupying similar positions in Paris and Rome. From the Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection.
[Ref: 28414] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
[Erminia saving Tancred] Tancred Secouru par Herminie [...]
L.J. Fr. Lagren?e pinx. Beauvarlet Sculp.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue St. Jacques vis-à-vis celle des Mathurins [c.1761]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 340 x 435mm (13½ x 17"). Staining lower left. Creasing.
Tancred, wounded in combat, is saved by Princess Erminia. A subject from Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered', a common source of inspiration for European painters. This engraving is taken from a 1761 painting by Louis Jean Francois Lagrenée (now in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Lagrenée was Director of the St Petersburg Academy during this time.
[Ref: 35237] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
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