Léopold Desbrosses, “La Descente des Bohémiens”, 1877, after Narcisse Diaz de la Peña

Léopold Desbrosses (1821–1908)

“La Descente des Bohémiens” (The Descent of the Bohemians), 1877, etching after the oil painting by Narcisse Diaz de la Peña (aka Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña) (1807–1876) in the collection of the Worchester Art Museum (see https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/33724/la-descente-des-bohemiens-the-descent-of-the-bohemians), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863–1894) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts” in 1877 between pages 298 and 299.

Etching on laid paper, trimmed with narrow margins around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 22.8 x 17.2cm; (platemark) 21.3 x 16.7cm; (image borderline) 18.1 x 14.3cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline at lower left with the signature of the painter (as shown in the original painting): “N. DIAZ”

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “DIAZ PINX./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “LA DESCENTE DES BOHÉMIENS./ (Collection de M^me Ernest André)”; (right) “DESBRÖSSËS SCULP./ Imp.A.Salmon.”

Beraldi 36 (Henri Béraldi 1886, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes: CHERRIER–DIEN”, vol. 5, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, p. 194, cat. no. 36); IFF 2 (Jean Adhémar & Jacques Lethève 1953, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: DAUMONT–DORANGE”, vol. 6, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p. 335, cat. no. 2).

Condition: a richly inked and faultless impression trimmed with a small margin around the image borderline with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains and laid upon a support sheet of archival/millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this richly inked and magnificent etching, for the total cost of AU$189 (currently US$121.94/ EUR116.71/ GBP97.37 at the time of 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$189) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this curiously interesting scene showing what seems to be a literal stream of people in Eastern apparel descending a dried creek bed—possibly a scene set in the Fontainebleau Forest where the artist famously worked and even lost his foot after being bitten by a snake–please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.