Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (aka Jean Pierre Norblin de la
Gordaine) (1745–1830)
“Landscape
with Village” (ala “Gezicht op
boerenerf en dorp”; “Le Village”), 1778.
Etching on fine Japan
paper with narrow margins around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 6.7 x 11.8
cm; (plate) 6.5 x 11.6 cm.
Inscribed in plate: (upper
left) “Norblin fecit xbris 1778”.
Hillemacher 37 (Frédéric
Hillemacher 1877, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre
Norblin”, Paris, p. 28, cat. no. 37); LeBlanc 36 (Charles
Le Blanc 1888, “Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes: contenant le dictionnaire des
graveurs de toutes les nations”, vol. 3, Paris, Emile Bouillon, p. 106, cat. no.
366).
The British Museum offers
the following description of this print: “Cottage house, with figure carrying
water on the left second state, with clouds indicated in the sky and with the
tall tree standing on the right. 1778/ Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1853-0312-280).
See also the description
of this print at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Rijksmuseum: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/105141/landscape-with-village-jean-pierre-norblin-de-la-gourdaine;
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.158676.
Condition: a richly inked
and well-printed impression with narrow margins laid
onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide
margins. The sheet is in an excellent/museum quality condition with no tears,
holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I am selling this small treasure of a
landscape etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in
Poland for AU$302 (currently US$203.86/EUR182.70/GBP155.73 at the time of
posting this print) 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$302) as this is
my currency.
If you are interested in purchasing this miniature masterwork from the 1700s following in the tradition of Rembrandt, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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