Léon Bonnat, “Velasquez”, 1898, after Diego Velasquez

Léon Bonnat (aka Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat) (1833–1922)

“Velasquez” (aka “Vélasquez d’après lui-même dans ‘Les Ménines’” [in Spanish, “'Las Meninas'']), 1898, after Diego Velasquez’s (aka Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (1599–1660) self-portrait in the painting, “'Las Meninas'', 1656, in the Museo del Prado (Madrid) (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Meninas), published in the March 1898 issue of the art journal, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, between pages 182 and 183.

Etching with pale plate tone printed in a cool-black ink on laid paper and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 25.5 x 18.4 cm; (plate) 22.7 x 17.1 cm; (image borderline) 21.3 x 15.8 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper left corner) “VELAZQUEZ”; (lower left) “[artist monogram]/ =Janvrier 1898=/ Gazette des Beaux-Arts”; (lower right corner) “Léon Bonnat sc.”

IFF 9 (“Inventaire du Fonds Français”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment des Estampes).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains and laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this extraordinarily beautiful etching capturing in a gauze of cross-hatched lines the slightly hazy self-portrait by Velasquez—an effect of fuzziness resulting from the portrayed distance that the painter had positioned himself from the viewer—for AU$244 in total (currently US$159.92/EUR147.21/GBP124.19 at the time of posting this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$244) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this marvellous translation of the colours and tones of Velasquez’s self-portrait into a layering of line, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.