Noël François Bertrand (1784–1852)
“Plate
1: Study of the Lower Features of a Face” (descriptive title only), 1830, crayon-manner
stipple engraving after a drawing by Gédéon François
Reverdin
(1772–1828), published in Paris in 1830 by G.F. Reverdin as an
illustration to “Cours complet d'études pour la figure: d'après les plus
beaux modèles de l'antiquité et les tableaux des grands maîtres” (Complete
course of studies for the figure: based on the most beautiful models of
antiquity and the paintings of the great masters).
I
understand that the publication was issued as a series of twelve notebooks (see
p. 2: https://archive.org/details/gri_33125009329638/page/(2)/mode/2up) and that this plate must be from one of
the first five notebooks, as the introductory text advises: (transl.) “ To
facilitate study, we took care, in the first five notebooks, to engrave next to
the line alone the same shaded part; by this means, the student will have the
advantage of seeing the clearly drawn line in his model, and will at the same
time be able to know the real shape of the object, by casting his eyes on the
same shaded part” (ibid).
The
British Museum offers the following description of the publication: “Premiers
Élémens du Dessin au Trait. Pour servir d'introduction au Cours complet
d'Etudes pour la Figure […] containing 74 numbered plates showing details of
faces, hands, feet and limbs from classical sculptures and Old Master paintings
for the use of artists, after drawings by G. Reverdin. Including 6 plates from
a ‘Supplément’, 6 plates depicting Christian saints after Leonardo, Romano,
Raphael and others, and engraved titlepage with profiles of faces and a laurel
wreath inscribed ‘Raphael’ and ‘L. de Vinci’ (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1869-0410-1705-1778).
Crayon-manner
stipple engraving on fine laid paper with full margins as published.
Size:
(sheet) 44.4 x 31.2 cm; (plate) 34.6 x 26.1 cm.
Inscribed
in plate: (upper left) “VE. CR.”; (upper right) “Pl.1.”;
(lower left) “G. Reverdin delt” (lower centre) “A Paris, chez
Reverdin Rue, du Sentier No.15, et chez les principaux Mde
d’Estampes. […] Déposé à la Bibliothe. Imple.”; (lower
right) “Noel Bertrand Sct”.
Condition:
a strong and well-printed impression in an excellent condition with no tears,
holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I am
selling this remarkably fine stipple engraving designed as a drawing model for
art students in the early 1800s to copy, for the total cost of AU$222
(currently US$147.29/EUR134.67/GBP114.94 at the time of posting this print)
including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you
are interested in purchasing this very beautiful classical study, 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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