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Paul dAlbert de Luynes. Cardinal, Prêtre de la S,ite Eglise Romaines Archevêque de Sens, Primat des Gaules et de Germanie, P.er Aumonier de Madame la Dauphine.
Latinville pinxit. St. Fessard Sculp 1756.
A Paris chez Fessard graveur du Roi et de sa Bibliotheque ruë S.t Thomas du Louvre. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½"), large margins.
A portrait of Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes (1703-88), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Académie française. The painting, by François Adrien Grasognon Latinville, was one of 94 portraits of academicians begun in 1685. It is now in the collection of the 'Institut de France' at Versailles.
[Ref: 64314] £320.00
Diane et Acteon changé en Cerf Tableau de Jacques Bassan, du Cabinet de Mr Dupille / Peint sur toille, haut de deux pieds, large de deux pieds cinq pouces gravé par E. Fessard.
Etching with large margins, platemark 350 x 405mm (13¾ x 16"). Crease in title area; foxing to edges; tear through title area. Messy.
Diana and Actaeon, after Italian artist Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-92). The painting, one of Bassano's final works (c.1585-92) is now in the Art Institute of Chicago. As recounted in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Acteaon saw Diana, goddess of the hunt, bathing with her nymphs. The furious Diana turned Actaeon into a deer, and here she (on the right) observes Acteaon, as a deer, pursued by the hounds who will finally kill him.
[Ref: 35236] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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