Alphonse Leroy (aka Alphonse Alexandre Leroy), 1820–1902)
“Study of a Man’s Head Facing
Left” (descriptive title only), c1858, after a drawing (1488) by Andrea
del Sarto (aka Andrea Vannucchi) (1486–1530), plate 14 (XIV) from the
series of 31 plates commissioned under the patronage of Count Alfred Émilien
O'Hara van Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892) after old master drawings transcribed
as engravings to be used as drawing lesson studies (“Cours de Dessin”) in “Collection
de dessins originaux de grands maîtres gravés en fac-simile par Alphonse Leroy;
avec texte explicatif par MM. F. Reiset et F. Villot, conservateurs du Musée
Imperial du Louvre”, printed by L Eudes (fl.1876–1888) and published
in 1857–1859 (for plates 1–20) and 1860 (for plates 21 to 31) by Dusacq
& Cie (fl.1864–1869) in Paris.
The British Museum offers a
description of the series of which this engraving is a part:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0212-20-39.
Crayon-manner engraving with aquatint(?) and
plate tone, printed in a sanguine coloured ink on chine collé (China paper) on
heavy blue wove paper with a wide margin.
Size: (sheet) 28.1 x 40.5 cm;
(image borderline) 26.8 x 39.5 cm.
Numbered and lettered on plate
above the image borderline: (centre) “COURS DE DESSIN/ FAC-SIMILE DES GRANDS MAÎTRES.”;
(right) “Pl. XIV.”
Lettered on plate below the
image borderline: (left) “Dessiné par André del Sarto”; (centre) “Imp Eudes Paris/ Andrea del sarto, né á Florence en 1488, mort dans
la meme ville en 1530./ DUSACQ & Cie 14, Boulevart Poissonniere, Paris”; (right)
“Gravé par Alphonse Leroy.”
Condition: a strong and well-printed
impression with a generously wide margin. The sheet is in a very good condition with
no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.
I am selling this large
crayon-manner engraving designed as a drawing lesson study, for [deleted] at the time of posting this print)
including Express Mail (EMS) 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 exceptionally sensitive translation of the texture of a chalk
drawing into an engraving, 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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