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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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![L'Amour en Ribote [The Drunken Cupid; in image, to banner cartouche upper left.]](jpegs/17714.jpg)
L'Amour en Ribote [The Drunken Cupid; in image, to banner cartouche upper left.]
['peint par Eisen Père - Gravé par L. Halbou.]
[A Paris chés Basan Graveur n.d., c.1760.]
Rare engraving, proof before letters, sheet 455 x 335mm. 18 x 13¼". Trimmed to plate.
This scene was painted with a companion "Les dragons de Vénus". Three figures framed by a carved masonry or wooden border. A latter-day cupid, a portly young male with bow and quiver of arrows over his shoulder perched on the lintel, talks to two young ladies, earnestly entreating them for more wine from the bottle that one lady holds. This cupid seems already somewhat inebriated, and the woman holds the bottle away from his outstretched hand, while he holds up an empty glass in his left hand. A potted vine laden with grapes grows against the left side of the frame, while an arrow pierces a heart lower right. Painted by François Eisen, engraved by Louis Michel Halbou and published by Pierre François Basan, this appears to be a rare engraving: according to their website catalogue the Bibliothèque nationale de France hold only a photomechanical reproduction of this image.
See La BNF: FRBNF40914125.
[Ref: 17714] £480.00
['peint par Eisen Père - Gravé par L. Halbou.]
[A Paris chés Basan Graveur n.d., c.1760.]
Rare engraving, proof before letters, sheet 455 x 335mm. 18 x 13¼". Trimmed to plate.
This scene was painted with a companion "Les dragons de Vénus". Three figures framed by a carved masonry or wooden border. A latter-day cupid, a portly young male with bow and quiver of arrows over his shoulder perched on the lintel, talks to two young ladies, earnestly entreating them for more wine from the bottle that one lady holds. This cupid seems already somewhat inebriated, and the woman holds the bottle away from his outstretched hand, while he holds up an empty glass in his left hand. A potted vine laden with grapes grows against the left side of the frame, while an arrow pierces a heart lower right. Painted by François Eisen, engraved by Louis Michel Halbou and published by Pierre François Basan, this appears to be a rare engraving: according to their website catalogue the Bibliothèque nationale de France hold only a photomechanical reproduction of this image.
See La BNF: FRBNF40914125.
[Ref: 17714] £480.00
Astruc.
C. Monnet inv. Gravé par Louis Halbou 1771.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Jean Astruc (1684-1766), professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris. Astruc wrote an important treatise on venereal diseases, and was also one of the first to use secular techniques of literary analysis to advance the theory that the book of Genesis (in the Bible) was composed from various sources and manuscripts.
Wellcome Library no. 625i
[Ref: 31944] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
C. Monnet inv. Gravé par Louis Halbou 1771.
Engraving, platemark 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½").
Jean Astruc (1684-1766), professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris. Astruc wrote an important treatise on venereal diseases, and was also one of the first to use secular techniques of literary analysis to advance the theory that the book of Genesis (in the Bible) was composed from various sources and manuscripts.
Wellcome Library no. 625i
[Ref: 31944] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The pretty charlatan]](jpegs/44946.jpg)
[The pretty charlatan] La jolie charlatane / Sur les quays, ou les boulevards / Si jamais l'avois l'avantage [...]
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Fine engraving, sheet 425 x 305mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a 'pretty charlatan', with verses below explaining why she is best avoided. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44946] £520.00
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Fine engraving, sheet 425 x 305mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a 'pretty charlatan', with verses below explaining why she is best avoided. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44946] £520.00
La Credulite Sans Reflexion. Dedie a Son Altesse Serenissime Monseigneur le Prince de Conde Prince du Sang. par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Halbou.
Peint par Schenau, Peintre de S.A.S.E. de Saxe. Grave par Louis Halbou 1770.
A Paris chez Halbou, Rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la Rue des deux Porte [c.1770]. Ce Tableau Original apartient au Sr. Halbou.
Etching and engraving, 480 x 380mm (18¾ x 15").
A wealthy lady and her maid visit a fortune teller who reads the playing cards she has spread on the table in front of her. After Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 - 1806), painter and etcher born in Saxony who trained in Dresden, went to Paris 1756-70. He returned to Dresden as a member of the Academy, professor there in 1774. Director of the Meissen drawing school together with G B Casanova 1776, on his own from 1795.
[Ref: 10287] £320.00
Peint par Schenau, Peintre de S.A.S.E. de Saxe. Grave par Louis Halbou 1770.
A Paris chez Halbou, Rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la Rue des deux Porte [c.1770]. Ce Tableau Original apartient au Sr. Halbou.
Etching and engraving, 480 x 380mm (18¾ x 15").
A wealthy lady and her maid visit a fortune teller who reads the playing cards she has spread on the table in front of her. After Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 - 1806), painter and etcher born in Saxony who trained in Dresden, went to Paris 1756-70. He returned to Dresden as a member of the Academy, professor there in 1774. Director of the Meissen drawing school together with G B Casanova 1776, on his own from 1795.
[Ref: 10287] £320.00
L'Ingratitude L'Oiseau cheri que vous tenié en Cage, De vous Cloris, est en vain regretté [...]
F. Eisen Pater Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a bird fleeing its cage, with verses below likening this 'ungrateful' bird to the way that a lover, 'who one makes happy, takes back their liberty'. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44947] £420.00
F. Eisen Pater Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres [c.1760]
Engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a bird fleeing its cage, with verses below likening this 'ungrateful' bird to the way that a lover, 'who one makes happy, takes back their liberty'. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44947] £420.00
![[Malignant pleasure]](jpegs/44948.jpg)
[Malignant pleasure] Le plaisir malin / Tu ris Enfant des Peines que tu fais / Tu t'Applaudis de ta perfide adresse [...]
Peint par F. Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763.
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Fine engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a mischievous boy with his weapons (a blowpipe and balls), with verses below warning him that one day the arrows of love will injure him in the same way. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception (in particular compare ref.44945, 'Le beau Commissaire').
[Ref: 44948] £420.00
Peint par F. Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763.
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Fine engraving, platemark 355 x 270mm (14 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark on left; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a mischievous boy with his weapons (a blowpipe and balls), with verses below warning him that one day the arrows of love will injure him in the same way. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'Pater' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception (in particular compare ref.44945, 'Le beau Commissaire').
[Ref: 44948] £420.00
![[The good policeman]](jpegs/44945.jpg)
[The good policeman] Le beau Commissaire / Ecoutez-moi, beau Commissaire; / Si j'ai pris un peu de bonbon, / C'est une faute trop légere / Pour me faire mettre en prison [...]
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman haranguing a policeman for wanting to imprison her for a minor offence, and warns him that one day love will take his heart captive. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44945] £420.00
F. Eisen le Pere Pinx. L. Halbou sculp
A Paris chez Ouvrier Graveur Place Maubert chez un M.d Bonnetier au Soleil d'or [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman haranguing a policeman for wanting to imprison her for a minor offence, and warns him that one day love will take his heart captive. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44945] £420.00
![[Waiting for the moment]](jpegs/44943.jpg)
[Waiting for the moment] L'Attente du moment / De la Légereté Philis voila l'Image / Elle fait aujourd'huy tout votre Amusement [...]
Peint par Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Engraving, sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman sat with a shuttlecock and rackets; verses below drawing analogy between the game and the torments of love. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [the father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44943] £450.00
Peint par Eisen le Pere Gravé par Louis Halbou 1763
A Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue St. Jacques au 2 Pilliers d'Or Ou chez Halbou rue de la Comedie Francoise au Soleil d'Or
Engraving, sheet 350 x 270mm (13¾ x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border showing a woman sat with a shuttlecock and rackets; verses below drawing analogy between the game and the torments of love. Engraved after François Eisen (c.1695-1778), painter who specialised in such genre pictures in a light-hearted Flemish manner. Eisen's son Charles was also a notable artist, hence the need to identify Eisen as 'le Pere' [the father] on this print. Part of a series of prints in this format after paintings by Eisen, with texts focusing on love, beauty and deception.
[Ref: 44943] £450.00