Félix Bracquemond’s etching, “Lantara”, 1857, after Joseph Vernet

Félix Bracquemond (aka Joseph Auguste Félix Bracquemond) (1833–1914)

“Lantara” (aka “Portrait of the artist, Simon Mathurin Lantara [1729–1778]”), 1857, after Joseph Vernet (aka Claude Joseph Vernet) (1714–1789), printed by Auguste Delâtre (aka Auguste Marie Delâtre) (1822–1907) and published in Paris in the periodical “L’Artiste: Journal de la Littérature et des Beaux-Arts”, 1^st September, 1864, (n.p.) between pages 120 and 121 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2292334/f133.item; https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2292334/f133.planchecontact).

Etching on cream coloured chine collé on wove paper with wide margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 35.6 x 26.1 cm; (plate) 24.6 x 18.3 cm; (chine collé) 23.1 x 16.5 cm; (image borderline) 15.7 x 11.5 cm.

Lettered in plate above the image borderline: (centre) “L ARTISTE”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “BRACQUEMOND”; (centre) “LANTARA”; (right) “IMP DELATRE PARIS”.

State i (of ii) with the addition of publication details.

Beraldi 71 (Henri Béraldi 1885–1892, “Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes, vol. 3, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, pp. 36–7, cat. no. 71); Bouillon Ae 41-3(3) (Jean-Paul Bouillon 1987, “Félix Bracquemond: Le Réalisme Absolu: Oeuvre Gravé, 1849–1859: Catalogue Raisonné”, Genève, Albert Skira, pp. 167–68, cat. no. Ae 41-3); IFF 89 (Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes 1930–, “Inventaire du Fonds Français Après 1800”, p. 362, cat. no. 89).

The British Museum offers the following description of this print:

“Portrait of (?)Simon Mathurin Lantara, in 18thC costume, head and shoulders in profile to right and slightly from below, looking upwards; after a sketch by Joseph Vernet. 1857 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1865-1209-685).

See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.41877.

Condition: a well-printed, near faultless, impression in near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of handling.

I am selling this beautifully executed etching of the highly gifted painter and printmaker, Lantara, whose carefree lifestyle was celebrated in the Vaudeville comedy, "Lantara, or the Painter in the Pothouse", for AU$254 (currently US$187.78/EUR158.05/GBP134.94 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 exceptional head study, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.