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[Triumphant return of Bacchus to the island of Naxos]Bacchus triomphant retourne dans l'Isle de Naxe [...]
Dessiné et retouché sur le Cuivre, par Eisen aprè un ancien bas-relief d'yvoire de meme grandeur
A Paris, chez Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustins [c.1760]
Etching, 18th century watermark; platemark 225 x 420mm (8¾ x 16½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Bacchus, god of wine (sat on a cheetah to right) leading a procession of revellers. Etching by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. This is one of few plates that Eisen etched himself- his reputation was established primarily on the basis of his drawings, which were engraved by other to illustrate nearly 400 books including editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44940] £480.00
A Paris, chez Le Rouge, rue des Grands Augustins [c.1760]
Etching, 18th century watermark; platemark 225 x 420mm (8¾ x 16½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Bacchus, god of wine (sat on a cheetah to right) leading a procession of revellers. Etching by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. This is one of few plates that Eisen etched himself- his reputation was established primarily on the basis of his drawings, which were engraved by other to illustrate nearly 400 books including editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 44940] £480.00