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KOLBE, Carl Wilhelm (1759-1835):
La récolte des pommes (An Arcadian scene with Figures
picking Apples), after S. Gessner
Etching. Martens 294, first state of two, before letters.
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LASINIO, Carlo (1757-1839):
Portraits of Artists Mattia Preti, Orazio Riminaldi, Carlo Maratta, Marco Benefial, Niccolò Ricciolini (in two quite different impressions), Salvator Rose, James Northcote, from Ritratti de’ Pittori esistenti nella Reale Galleria di Firenze…, published from 1789
Mezzotints printed in colours from four plates, with hand-touching. James Northcote printed on pale green paper
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LEBAS, Jacques-Philippe (1707-1783): Two festival prints of the illuminations and fireworks in the city of Strasbourg on October 5, 1744, celebrating the convalescence of Louis XV, designed by Johan Martin Weis -
Représentation de l’Edifice de l’Hôtel de Ville de Strasbourg..et des Fêtes de Réjouissance, and Représentation des Edifices et Décorations élevés, et du Feu d’Artifice …sur la Rivière d’Ill
Engravings, published 1745. Portalis and Béraldi XX, 23; K. Salatino, Incendiary Art: The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe, 1997, pp. 25-27, fig. 19
Watermark: Large double-headed eagle with countermark Auvergne
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LEGEAY, Jean-Laurent (ca.1710-1788):
An ornate Vase with serpentine forms in an Antique Setting (Fountains and Urns), from Collection de divers sujets de vases, a set of 25
Etching. Berlin Katalog 4182
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LE NOTRE, BOUTICOURT AND LEBLOND, after, 17TH C.
Parterres de Broderie, a set of ten
Etchings, reverse copies of anonymous etchings originally published by N. Langlois as Jardins à la Française in L’Architecture à la mode, c. 1680. This version is in a French/German edition published by Joseph Friedrich Leopold, undated but on 17th C. paper.
Compare to Berlin 359, 3461; Guimard p. 130
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LORRAIN, Louis-Joseph (1715-60):
The Judgement of Solomon, after Jean-François de Troy
Etching. LeBlanc 1; Inventaire du Fonds français 1
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MATHAM Jacob (1571-1631):
Mercury and Pallas Athena, from a set of eight after Hendrik Goltzius
Engraving. New Hollstein 351, first state of three
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MAUPERCHÉ, Henri (ca.1602-86):
The Parable of the Prodigal Son, set in landscapes with Renaissance architecture, a set of six
Etchings. Robert-Dumesnil 10-15
Watermark: Crest with post-horn
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MCARDELL, James (c.1729-65):
George, Duke of Buckingham and his Brother Francis, after Anthonie van Dyck
Mezzotint, 1752. Chaloner Smith 34, third state of three with the inscription
Provenance: Prince von Liechtenstein, tipped onto his typical support sheet
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MCARDELL, James (c.1729-65):
Rubens with his Wife and Child, after a painting by Rubens
Mezzotint. An undescribed version different from that found in two states in the British Museum (Chaloner Smith 159; Goodwin 121)
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MIGNON, Jean (fl. 1535-55):
Cassandra stopping Deiphobus from killing their brother Paris, from a set of six scenes from the Trojan War after Luca Penni
Etching, ca. 1544-45? Bartsch 46; Zerner 43; Jenkins Pt II, p. 308, JM 43
Provenance: Fürst zu Fürstenberg (without mark, according to sale catalogue at Sotheby’s London, December 9, 1982, lot 589, as Sinon in the Camp of the Trojans); Dr. Eric Stanley (not in Lugt)
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MIGNON, Jean (active 1537-1540 in Fontainebleau, later in Paris):
An ornamental Term in the form of a Sphinx with a Crescent Moon
on her head, from a series of twenty
Etching, c.1543-44. Bartsch Zerner J.M. 16, first state of two; Jenkins 16, first state of two before number 8
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MONNOYER, Jean-Baptiste (1636-99): ):
Vase with Irises, Tuberoses, and Lilies, with serpentine handle and grotesque head, from Livre de vases opaques
Etching. Robert-Dumesnil 17, with the address of Poilly and before erasure of the privilège
Watermark: Coat-of-arms with fleurs-de-lis
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