[after Charles Eisen, c.1770]
Fine engraving, proof before artists name & publication line; sheet 215 x 140mm (8½ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A young man drinks wine, surrounded by goats and putti eating grapes. From a set of prints representing the four seasons after designs by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45072]  £240.00