[Bacha faisant peindre sa Maitresse.Tiré du Cabinet de M. de Julienne, Ecuyer, Chevalier de l'Ordre de St. Michel.]
Peint par Carle Vanloo. Gravé par Lépicié 1748.
[A Paris chez Lépicié graveur du Roi au Louvre. Et chez L. Surugue aussi graveur du Roi, ruë des Noyers vis-a-vis le mur de S. Yves. A.P.D.R.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 460 x 540mm (18 x 21¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing title and publication line, several small tears repaired.
'A Pasha Having His Mistress' Portrait Painted.' A self-portrait of the artist Carle van Loo, inserting himself into a fictional scene probably based on a story about Alexander the Great. Apelles, the greatest painter of his day, fell in love with Campaspe, the mistress of Alexander the Great, while painting her portrait. Alexander gave Campaspe to the artist, preferring to the painting to the original. The model for the mistress here is Christina Somis, van Loo's wife. A conversation piece.
Van Loo's original oil is in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (59.20).
[Ref: 51828] £290.00
[A Paris chez Lépicié graveur du Roi au Louvre. Et chez L. Surugue aussi graveur du Roi, ruë des Noyers vis-a-vis le mur de S. Yves. A.P.D.R.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 460 x 540mm (18 x 21¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, losing title and publication line, several small tears repaired.
'A Pasha Having His Mistress' Portrait Painted.' A self-portrait of the artist Carle van Loo, inserting himself into a fictional scene probably based on a story about Alexander the Great. Apelles, the greatest painter of his day, fell in love with Campaspe, the mistress of Alexander the Great, while painting her portrait. Alexander gave Campaspe to the artist, preferring to the painting to the original. The model for the mistress here is Christina Somis, van Loo's wife. A conversation piece.
Van Loo's original oil is in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (59.20).
[Ref: 51828] £290.00