Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine (aka Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gordaine)
(1745–1830)
“Bust of a Smiling Young Man” (MIA
title), 1776
Etching, drypoint and engraving on ivory
Japanese (wove) paper with small margins (replenished lower right corner) and
backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 4.9 x 3.8 cm; (plate) 3.9
x 2.7 cm
Signed and dated on plate at upper left.
State ii (The British Museum holds a
first state impression before hatched tone was added to the upper corners: BM
No. 1877,1013.721)
Hillemacher 1848 67.II (Frédéric
Hillemacher 1848, “Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de J. P.
Norblin”, Paris).
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print:
“Bust of a bearded man, turned to left,
with skullcap and curly hair; second state, with top corners cross-hatched.”
See also the description of this print
at the Minneapolis Institute of Art:
Condition: faultless impression of this
miniature etching laid onto a support sheet of archival (millennium quality)
washi paper. The corner of the lower right margin is lost and has been replenished
with watercolour on the support sheet; otherwise the sheet is in excellent
condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions stains, foxing, or
signs of use).
I am selling this tiny jewel of an
etching by one of the most important artists of the Enlightenment in Poland for
AU$256 (currently US$183.93/EUR162.62/GBP146.10 at the time of posting this
print) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of
course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this
small 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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