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Repos du Chasseur. Tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur Prousteau Capitaine des Gardes de la Ville.
A. Gryef pinx. le Vasseur Sculp.
A Paris chez Beauvarlet rue St. Jacques au Temple du Gout. [n.d. c.1770.]
Copper Engraving. Plate 274 x 209mm. 10¾ x 8¼".
Rest during the hunt; a boy seated by a tree with his two dogs and his killings behind him, consisting of a hare, wood pigeon and two other foul. His satchel slung across his chest and his rifle on his lap. In the backgroud can be seen a shepherd with three sheep. An Italianesque landscape.
[Ref: 17987] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Saint George, né en Cappadoce, Martyr, dont le culte a toujours été très célébre dans l’Eglise, et surtout dans le Royaume d’Angleterre, que l’avoit choisi pour son Patron, et où l’Ordre de la Jarretière a été inflitué sous son nom. On dit, qu’étant Tribun des Soldats, il combattit près de Siléne en Affrique un énorme Dragon, et délivra une Princesse destinée à un être dévorée.
D. Teniers Pinxit. J.C. le Vasseur Sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Copper engraving. 350 x 425mm. 13¾ x 16¾". Trimmed to plate. Small spotty stain effecting the sky, with a slight crease far upper right corner.
Saint George hands over a relic to one of the many female onlookers. His right foot rests on the head of the slain dragon underneath him. St George's Day is the feast day of England's patron saint and is celebrated on April 23, to commemorate the anniversary of his death in 303 AD.
[Ref: 17032] £130.00
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