Étienne
Delaune (aka
Stephanus) (c1518–83)
“Fire” (aka “Le
Feu”; “Vuur”), c.1576 (1573–1580), a first state, lifetime, impression from the
series of four plates, “The Four Elements” (aka “Personificaties van de vier elementen; “De
vier elementen”).
Engraving on
fine laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet)
5.3 x 6.6cm; (oval image borderline) 5.1 x 6.4cm.
Inscribed in
plate within the image borderline: (lower left) “S[tephanus]”.
State i (of ii)
before the addition of the number “12” at the lower right corner.
IFF 114 (Jean
Adhémar 1932–38, “Inventaire du Fonds Français: Graveurs du Seizième Siècle”, Paris,
Bibliothèque Nationale, vol. 1, p. 238, cat. no. 114); Robert-Dumesnil 106 (A P
F Robert-Dumesnil 1835, “Le peintre-graveur français, ou catalogue raisonné des
estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française:
ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch”, vol. 9, Paris, G Warée,
pp. 42-43, cat.no. 106 [https://archive.org/details/bnf-bpt6k65575421/page/n63/mode/2up]).
The Rijksmuseum
offers the following description of this print: (transl.) “Jupiter, seated on a
cloud above a landscape with a castle” (http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.103019).
Condition: a strong
and well-printed impression trimmed along the platemark and laid onto a sheet
of archival (millennium quality) washi paper. The sheet is in an excellent
condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.
I am selling
this small and finely crafted engraving—a true jewel of an engraving—for the
total cost of AU$318 (currently US$209.85/EUR194.30/GBP161.90 at the time of
posting 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$318) as this is
my currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this sensitively rendered engraving—note the engraver’s
skill in representing in the minutest of details the burning lime-kilns shown
in the distance and all the amazing details portraying the cloud-borne Jupiter with
his thunderbolt and eagle attributes all within in space of less than 2cm
square—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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