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[The Folly of the Age]La Folie du Siecle / Ce Chat que vous croyez soumis et caressant, / Vous égratignera peut-etre [...]
Peint par Eisen pere Gravé par Ang. Martinet F.me Dupuis
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up cat. Verses explaining that while the woman mistakenly thinks the cat is submissive and obedient, it is in fact treacherous and inconstant, like a lover. 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 '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: 44955] £520.00
à Paris chés Buldet, rue de Gesvres.
Fine engraving, sheet 455 x 325mm (18 x 12¾"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Scene in trompe l'oeil border with woman playing with a dressed-up cat. Verses explaining that while the woman mistakenly thinks the cat is submissive and obedient, it is in fact treacherous and inconstant, like a lover. 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 '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: 44955] £520.00