Achille
Jacquet (1846–1908)
“La
Sainte Famille” (aka
“The Holy Family”; “Doni Tondo”; “Doni Madonna”), 1876, after Michelangelo’s
1506 painting, “Doni Tondo”, in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, printed
by Charles Chardon aîné (fl. mid-1800s) and published in Paris
in 1876 between pages 143 and 145 in the Gazette des Beaux
Arts, vol. 38 (see https://archive.org/details/gazettedesbeauxa38pari/page/n146/mode/2up).
Interestingly,
the Gazette des Beaux Arts advises that this engraving “[transl.] … is the
first reproduction with a burin that has been made of this famous work”—Michelangelo’s “Doni Tondo” (p. 145).
Engraving with
etching on chine collé on wove paper, trimmed with a small margin around the
chine collé and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 24
x 16.6 cm; (chine collé) 21 x 15.6 cm; (image borderline dia.) 14.3 cm.
Lettered in
plate below the image borderline: (left) “MICHEL ANGE PINX./ Gazette des
Beaux-Arts.”; (centre) “LA SAINTE FAMILLE/ MUSÉE DES OFFICES.”; (right)
“ACHILLE JACQUET SC./ Imp Ch.Chardon ainé, Paris”.
Beraldi 5
(Henri Béraldi 1889, “Les Graveurs du XIXe Siècle: Guide de l'Amateur
d'Estampes Modernes: Guérin–Lacoste”, vol. VIII, Paris, Librairie L. Conquet,
p. 218, cat. no. 5 [https://archive.org/details/lesgraveursdu19e08berauoft/page/218/mode/2up]).
Condition: a
well-printed impression in excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds,
significant stains. The sheet is trimmed with a small margin around the chine
collé and laid upon a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.
I am selling
this marvellous jewel of nineteenth century engraving published as the first
copy every made of Michelangelo’s famous tondo painting of the Holy Family, for
the total cost of AU$223 (currently/approximately US$149.61/EUR137.65/GBP114.63
at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling
to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed
by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$223) as this
is my currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this exceptionally beautiful and rare
engraving—mindful that it is not held in any of the major museum
repositories—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send
you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
Note that this
is the second copy of this engraving that I have listed. The previous copy has
been sold.
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