A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Le Lion de Florence out Trait Sublime de Maternité, Dédié aux Mères.
Moonsiau pinxit. Cazenave delin.t et sculspit.
Se vend à Paris, Chez Bance jeune, M.d d'Estampes, rue Porte-soin, No 15, près le Temple [n.d., c.1801].
Stipple. Sheet 610 x 470mm (24 x 18½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Crease on infants stomach.
A legend relating to the use of a lion as a symbol of Florence: a lion escaped from the menagerie of the Grand Duke and seized a small child. When the mother threw herself on her knees and implored it not to kill her child, the lion dropped the child unharmed. The original oil, by Nicolas André Monsiaux (1754-1837), was painted 1801; it is now in the Louvre.
[Ref: 56761] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Moonsiau pinxit. Cazenave delin.t et sculspit.
Se vend à Paris, Chez Bance jeune, M.d d'Estampes, rue Porte-soin, No 15, près le Temple [n.d., c.1801].
Stipple. Sheet 610 x 470mm (24 x 18½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Crease on infants stomach.
A legend relating to the use of a lion as a symbol of Florence: a lion escaped from the menagerie of the Grand Duke and seized a small child. When the mother threw herself on her knees and implored it not to kill her child, the lion dropped the child unharmed. The original oil, by Nicolas André Monsiaux (1754-1837), was painted 1801; it is now in the Louvre.
[Ref: 56761] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)