Charles
Meryon (aka Charles
Méryon) (1821–1868)
“Portrait of Jean Besly”, 1861, after the design (possibly an engraving?) by the printmaker,
printer and publisher, Jaspar Isaac (fl.1585–1654) showing the historian,
Jean Besly (1612-1647),
from the Province of Poitou, at the age of 70 in 1642, signed in the plate with
Charles Meryon’s monogram in the upper-left corner and with the date (1861)
inscribed in the margin at lower centre, printed in Paris by Abraham Beillet
(aka Beillet & Forestier) (fl.1850–1876) as an illustration to the first
volume (of two) of Benjamin Fillon and Octave de Rochebrune’s
“Poitou et Vendée, études historiques et artistiques”, published in 1861.
Etching
with pale surface tone, printed on oriental paper with wide margins.
Size:
(sheet) 30.8 x 23.2 cm; (platemark is too soft for accurate measurement [14.7 x
12 cm]); (image borderline) 11 x 8.9 cm.
Inscribed
in plate within the image borderline: (upper left corner) [Charles Meryon’s monogram];
(square at upper right) “ÆT 70/ ANN 1642/ [coat-of-arms]”.
Lettered
in plate below the image borderline: (left) “d'après I. Isac”; (centre) “IEAN
BESLY/ 1861”; (right) “Imp. A. Beillet Q. de la Tournelle, 35.”
State
iv (of iv) with the addition of the artist’s monogram.
Delteil
& Wright 82 (Loys Delteil & Harold JL Wright 1989, “Catalogue
Raisonné of the Etchings of Charles Meryon”, San Francisco, Alan Wofsy Fine
Arts, n.p., cat. no. 82 [4th state]).
See
also the descriptions of this print offered by The British Museum and the
Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-0510-392;
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/377942.
Condition:
a strong and well-printed impression with wide margins. The sheet is in an excellent
condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I
am selling this seemingly raw etching by one the acknowledged
masters of 19th century French printmaking, Charles Meryon (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Meryon),
after the design by the very fine engraver, Jaspar Isaacs (see for example, https://www.printsandprinciples.com/2020/05/jaspar-isaacs-engraving-descent-from.html),
showing the historian Jean Besly in his 70th year in 1642, for AU $291
in total (currently US $182.45/ EUR 175.28/ GBP 148.15 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 $291) as this is my
currency.
If
you are interested in this intriguing portrait by Meryon, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com)
and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
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