Charles Daubigny (aka Charles
François Daubigny) (1817–1878)
“The Ray of Sunlight” (aka; “Le Coup de
Soleil”; “The Burst of Sunshine”), 1860, after Jacob van Ruisdael 's (aka
Jacob van Ruysdael; Jacob Isaaksz van Ruisdael; Jacob de Goyer)
(1628/9–1682) 1665 painting in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.
1820) (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Isaaksz._van_Ruisdael_003.jpg).
Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on
cream chine collé on heavy wove paper, trimmed slightly within the platemark and
backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.
Size: (support sheet) 51.7 x 54.6 cm; (sheet) 39.3
x 42.8 cm; (image borderline) 33.3 x 39.9 cm.
Lettered in plate below the image borderline:
(left) “RUISDAEL PINXT.”; (centre) “CHALCOGRAPHIE IMPÉRIALE DU LOUVRE./ LE
COUP DE SOLEIL.”; (right) “DAIBIGNY SCULPT.”
State iv (of iv) with the addition of the
title and publication details.
Melot D93 S4 (Michel Melot 1978, “Graphic Art
of the Pre-Impressionists”, New York, Harry N. Abrams, p, 279, cat. no. D 93
[4]); Delteil 93 (“Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe siècles”).
Michel Melot (1978) offers the following
insights about the background events in Daubigny’s life leading up to the
execution of this plate:
“The First Class Medal awarded Daubigny in the
Salon of 1853 won him the privilege of figuring on the list of artists entitled
to receive commissions from the Chalcographie. … In 1855 he won another medal,
this one Second Class, and was given another task by that government agency for
the arts, again to reproduce a Ruysdael, a task that seemed to call for his
talents. … Ordered in 1855, the engraving was not complete and delivered to the
Chalcographie until 1860, and the print was exhibited in the Salon of 1861 (as
no. 3698)” (p. 279).
The British Museum offers the following
description of this print:
“Elevated view over landscape with
fortifications on rock lit by sun, overlooking river, with figures on path near
bridge in foreground to left; after Jacob van Ruisdael” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-0510-288).
Note that Pierre Laurent (aka Pierre
François Laurent) (1739–1809) also made a reproductive etching (with engraving)
of Ruisdael’s painting (see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0612-368).
Condition: a strong and well-printed
impression trimmed slightly within the platemark and laid upon an archival
support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet is in a very good
condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I am selling this large and magnificent
etching executed by one of the luminaries of the Barbizon School that
foreshadowed Impressionism, for the total cost of AU$289 (currently US$198.73/EUR196.14/GBP170.01
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 warmly
glowing etching which is one of Daubigny’s major commissioned works, 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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