Louis Marin Bonnet (1736–1793)
“Standing Male Nude”
(aka “Staande naakte man” [Rijksmuseum title]),
c1755, after the intermediary drawing by François Boucher (1703–1770), after Augustin Pajou (1730–1809), published by François Chéreau II (1717–1755) in Paris.
Note: I assume the
portrayed subject is the mythological figure, Hercules, as he rests his arm on
his enormous club draped with a lion skin. At present, I have been unable to
locate Pajou’s original study upon which Boucher based his intermediary drawing,
but for those interested seeing the sculptor’s other artworks, MetPublications generously
offer free downloads of the publication, “Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor,
1730–1809” (1997): https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/augustin_pajou_royal_sculptor_1730_1809
Etching in the crayon manner printed in
sanguine coloured ink on heavy laid paper backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 60.4 x 41.2 cm; (plate) 55.5
x 37 cm.
Numbered on plate above the image: (left
corner) “No. 44.”
Lettered on plate below the image:
(left) “Dessiné par F Boucher / Tiré du Portefeuille de Mr. Pajou / Sculpteur
du Roy.”; (centre) “Dédié a Monsieur Boucher Peintre du Roy / AParis chés la
ve. De F. Chereaurue St. Jacques aux 2. Piliers d’Or”; (right) “Gravé par L.
Bonnet. / Par son tres humble et très / obéissant Serviteur Louis Bonnet.”
Ref: Jacques Hérold 1935, “Louis-Marin
Bonnet (1756-1793): Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Gravé”, Paris.
See the description of this print at the
Rijksmuseum:
See a similar crayon-manner nude by
Bonnet at Invaluable Auctions:
Condition: richly inked and near
faultless impression in excellent condition with margins and backed with a conservator’s
support sheet of fine archival/millennium quality
washi paper.
I am selling this magnificent large etching
executed by the inventor of the “crayon-manner”—a printmaking technique designed
to mimic the textured stroke of a chalk drawing—for the total cost of AU$315 (currently
US$218.48/EUR195.51/GBP173.02 at the time of this listing) 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
very rare print in superb condition for its considerable age, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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