Paul
Laurent
(aka Félix Paul Simon Laurent) (1840–1891)
“Calice
de Saint-Remi” (aka “Chalice of the Coronation
in Reims”), c1881, printed by Charles Chardon
aîné (fl. mid-1800s) and published in Paris in 1881 as an illustration to the
art periodical “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”, between pages 98–99, 1st February,
1881.
Etching on fine
cream wove paper, trimmed with a small margin around the image and backed with
a support sheet providing wide margins.
Size: (support
sheet) 39 x 30.4 cm; (sheet) 24.4 x 16.9 cm.
Lettered in
plate below the image: (following the base of the chalice) “Paul Laurent del et
sculpt.”; (left) “Gazette des Beaux-Arts”; (centre) “CALICE DE SAINT-REMI/
(TRÉSOR DE REIMS)”; (right) “Imp. Ch. Chardon ainé”.
Condition: a
richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression, trimmed slightly unevenly
around the platemark (and within it on the lower edge) and laid onto a support of
archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in a near pristine
condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing.
I am selling
this breathtakingly beautiful (at least to my eyes) etching of the late 12th
century coronation chalice that was (almost unbelievably) set to be melted down at the
Monnaie de Paris, but returned by Napoleon III to Reims in 1861—only twenty
years before this print was executed in 1881 (see Vassil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calice_du_sacre_Tau.jpg)—for
the total cost of AU$202 (currently US$121.91/EUR128.80/GBP113.80 at the time
of posting 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 superb etching—note how the artist has been able
to differentiate the opaque milky sheen of the studded pearls from the dark
transparency of the rough-cut gems and the reflective surface of the gold—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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