Paul Edme Le Rat's etching, "Buste de Femme”, 1875

Paul Edme Le Rat (aka Paul Edme Rat; Paul Edme Lerat; Paul Edmunde Le Rat) (1842/49–92)

"Buste de Femme”, 1875, after the marble bas-relief in the Musée National de Florence (according to the inscription on plate) by Mino da Fiesole (aka Mino di Giovanni) (1429–1484), printed by Alfred Salmon (fl.1863-1894) and published in 1875 in “L'Art”, vol. 3, p. 33.

Etching on laid paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 41.7 x 30 cm.; (plate) 28.3 x 22.4 cm.; (image borderline) 24.1 x 18.6 cm.

Lettered on plate below the image borderline: (left) "Mino da Fiesole sculp./ L’Art.”; (centre) "BUSTE DE FEMME./ (Bas-Relief en Marbre du Musée National de Florence)”; (right) “Paul Le Rat a. q./ Imp. A. Salmon.”

Beraldi 1885-92 1 (Henri Béraldi [1885–1892], “Les graveurs du 19e siècles: guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes”, vol. 11, Paris); IFF 23 (Département des Estampes 1930, “Inventaire du Fonds, Français: graveurs du XVIIe siècle”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Portrait of a woman, after a bas-relief by Mino da Fiesole; bust-length, in profile to left, her right hand clutching a large gold chain hanging around her neck; hair braided and tied with ribbon, headdress adorned with pearls, and cloak lined with frieze of alternating suns, Cs and stirrups”

(https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3403544&partId=1&searchText=Paul+le+Rat+&page=1)

Condition: well-printed faultless impression in near pristine condition (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling) with full margins as published.

I am selling this sublimely delicate etching by Le Rat—one of the better known of the nineteenth century reproductive printmakers exemplified by this translation of a bas-relief sculpture into fine lines—for the total cost of AU$180 (currently US$123.47/EUR110.49/GBP95.05 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 masterwork of 19^th century etching executed with remarkable sensitivity—note the hand drawn horizonal lines in the background that are finer than a hair in thickness—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