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[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
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