Gravé d’après le Tableau Original de Mr. Greuze, Peintre du Roy, tiré du Cabinet Francois de Mr. De La Live de Jully, Introducteur des Ambassadeurs. Par Jean Jacque Flipart.
a Paris chez Laurent Cars Graveur du Roy, ruë St. Jacques, vis a vis le College du Plessis, A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Etching and engraving, rare, paper watermarked. Plate 330 x 424mm (13 x 16¾"). Small tear into upper edge of plate, corners of paper cut just outside platemark.
Young peasant girl seen half-length, seated on chair, and winding a wool ball whilst looking at a cat lying on a table on the left. A pair of scissors hangs portentously above the cat's head! The original painting was shown at the Salon in 1759, while the plate was shown in 1763.
[Ref: 28901] £230.00
a Paris chez Laurent Cars Graveur du Roy, ruë St. Jacques, vis a vis le College du Plessis, A.P.D.R. [n.d. c.1760.]
Etching and engraving, rare, paper watermarked. Plate 330 x 424mm (13 x 16¾"). Small tear into upper edge of plate, corners of paper cut just outside platemark.
Young peasant girl seen half-length, seated on chair, and winding a wool ball whilst looking at a cat lying on a table on the left. A pair of scissors hangs portentously above the cat's head! The original painting was shown at the Salon in 1759, while the plate was shown in 1763.
[Ref: 28901] £230.00