![[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
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