Eugène Gaujean, “The Birth of Venus”, 1886, after Botticelli

Eugène Gaujean (1850–1900)

“The Birth of Venus” (aka “La Naissance de Vénus”), 1886, after the famous painting by Sandro Botticelli (aka, Sandro di Mariano Filepepe Botticelli; Alessandro Filipepe) (c.1444/5–1510) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus), printed by A Clément (fl.c.1886-1892) and published in Paris in the art periodical, “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, in September 1886 between pages 186 and 187.

Etching on wove paper trimmed around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 18.9 x 26.8cm; (plate) 18.5 x 26.7cm; (image borderline) 15.1 x 24cm.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Sandro Botticelli pinx./ Gazette des Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “LA NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS/ Musée des Offices, à Florence.)”; (right) “E. Gaujean sc./ Imp. A. Clément_Paris”.

Beraldi 27 (Henri Beraldi 1887, “Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle”, vol. 6, Paris, L Conquet, p. 245, cat. no. 27).

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression trimmed around the platemark and laid onto a sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this jewel-like etching executed with amazing dexterity and precision “at the very time”, according to Henri Beraldi (1887) in translation, “when the public was showing an undeniable weariness with the loose etching that had been overused…” (p.243), for AU$227 (approximately US$147.08, EUR 18126.85, or GBP 110.80), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this exceptionally fine and very beautiful etching after Botticelli’s famous painting, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Jan Glauber, “Father Time”, c,1686, after Gérard de Lairesse

Jan Glauber (aka Joannes Glauber; Johannes Glauber; Polidoro; Polydor) (1646–c.1726)

“Father Time” (aka “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; “Everything Comes to an End”), c.1686 (1661–1726), plate 28 from a series of thirty plates, “Historical and Mythological Subjects”, after a drawing in red chalk by Gérard de Lairesse (1640–1711), “Le Temps, figure allégorique pour bas-relief”, in the collection of the Louvre (see https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020107529 [note that there are arguments regarding attribution]) and a lost painting by the same artist, published in Amsterdam by Leonard Schenk (aka Leonard Schenck; Leon Schenk) (fl.1720-1746).

Etching on laid paper (with watermark).

Size: (sheet) 42.8 x 30.5cm; (plate) 35.8 x 24.8cm; (image borderline) 34.9 x 23.7cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate within the image borderline: (lower centre) “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; (lower right corner) “28”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Ger. Laires Pin. et Delin.”; (centre) “Leon: Schenk exc.”; (right) “Joannes Glauber Sculp.”

State iv (of iv) with the addition of Leonard Schenk as the publisher and the plate number, “28”.

Hollstein German 67–4(4)

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-4159; https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200197089.

Condition: a strong impression. Beyond a trace of a brown ink notation shining through from recto in the margin at the upper right and small surface marks within the platemark, the sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large and visually arresting etching showing Father Time with his wings outstretched, scythe in hand and an hourglass on his head, borne aloft by a menagerie of wild animals, for AU$324 (approximately US$208.32, EUR 182.42, or GBP 157.90), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this rare etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Mariano Fortuny, “Young Man Standing Dressed in Rags”, c.1862

Mariano Fortuny (aka Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo; Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal) (1838–1874)

“Young Man Standing Dressed in Rags” (aka “Un Pouilleux”—lousy/flea-ridden/seedy/miserable), c.1862, a proof before the addition of the artist’s stamped signature and lettering for publication as plate 13 in a folio of 28 etchings (see the published state held by the MET: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656766),  

Etching with plate tone on fine laid paper with partial watermark.

Size: (sheet) 25.3 x 16.2cm; (plate) 17 x 11cm; (image borderline) 15.4 x 9.4cm.

Inscribed in plate: (upper right corner) “Fortuny/ Roma”.

Vives i Piqué 13 (Rosa Vives i Piqué, 1991, “Fortuny, gravador: Estudi crític i catàleg raonat”, Associació d'Estudis Reusencs, cat. no. 13).

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum: “A man with a cloak around his lower half searching in the folds for fleas. c.1862” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1932-0312-101).

Condition: a well-printed impression. Beyond unevenness on the left edge, the sheet is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this rare and very beautiful etching before lettering for publication, for AU$304 (approximately US$195.95, EUR 171.30, or GBP 147.87), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this sensitively executed representation of a man who is down on his luck—note the almost shimmering effect produced by the artist’s use of small strokes to render the figure—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Gaston Jean Coindre, “Le Saut du Doubs”, 1874

Gaston Jean Coindre (1844–1914)

“Le Saut du Doubs”—a 27-meter-high waterfall on the river Doubs (see https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-au/experiences/saut-du-doubs/), 1874.

Etching with dot roulette on laid paper (“FRERES” watermark) with margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 36.1 x 26.4 cm; (plate) 25.7 x 17.3 cm; (image borderline) 25.3 x 16.6 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower right corner) “G. C. 74.”.

For the IFF catalogue of works by Gaston Jean Coindre see: Jean Adhémar 1949, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: Cidone–Daumier”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 5, pp. 71–72 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5488526m/f83).

Condition: a strong and near faultless impression in an excellent/near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains (there is minor age-toning on the edges of the sheet).

I am selling this bold and very beautiful etching for AU$202 (approximately US$129.96, EUR 114.50, or GBP 96.59), including express mail shipping worldwide.  Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this visually arresting etching of the highest waterfall in the Jura Mountains and a part of the Swiss–French border, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Joseph Félon, “Infant Sleeping”, 1853

Joseph Félon (1818–1896)

“Infant Sleeping” (descriptive title only), 1853, plate 6 from the series of six lithographs, “Petits Études pour le Genre et la Figure”, that is part of a larger set of twenty-four lithographs by the artist, printed in Paris by Lemercier & Cie (fl.1827–1899) and published in Berlin, Paris, London and New York by Goupil & Cie (fl.1827–1919) in 1953 with the Goupil blindstamp at lower centre.

Lithograph on buff tinted heavy wove paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 33.3 x 51.8cm.

Lettered in the stone/plate below the image: (left) “Berlin_Verlag von GOUPIL C^ie”; (centre) “PETITS ÉTUDES POUR LE GENRE ET LA FIGURE/ N^o 6/ Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by M Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States of the Southern district of New York/ [Goupil blindstamp]”; (right) “Imp Lemercier, Paris/ Paris, GOUPIL & C^ie.”

Condition: a strong and well-printed (near faultless) impression with full margins as published. Beyond a 1cm closed tear in the centre of the lower edge, the sheet is in an excellent condition with no holes, folds, abrasions or stains.

I am selling this large and exquisitely drawn lithograph for the total cost of AU$258 (approximately US$168.21, EUR 145.24, or GBP 126.11), with worldwide express shipping included. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in this superb depiction of a sleeping infant—bearing in mind that in the early 1800s, an emphasis on sentimentality in art was often regarded as a true reflection of beauty—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I will then send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment process smooth and easy.