Richard
Earlom (aka [pseud.] Henry
Birche) (1743–1822)
“Diana and Her Nymphs”,
1787, number 36 in a series of 50 etchings after drawings by Giovanni
Battista Cipriani (aka Giuseppe Cipriani; John Baptist Cipriani)
(1727–1785), “A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the
late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A.” (see https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.43533.html),
published in London by John Boydell (1719–1804) and his nephew, Josiah
Boydell (1752–1817).
The portrayed scene shows
Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, standing at left holding her iconic bow and offering a
rabbit to the closer of her four companion nymphs (see description of this print by the British Museum
[inv. no. 1861,0518.369]).
Etching and
aquatint on wove paper, trimmed around the image borderline with loss of publication details
and backed with a support sheet.
Size: (sheet)
24.2 x 32.7 cm.
Wessely 485 (J
E Wessely 1886 “Richard Earlom, Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und
Schabkunstblätter”, Hamburg, cat. no. 485).
Condition: a
strong impression trimmed around the image borderline and laid upon a support
of archival (millennium quality) washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet is
in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds or significant stains.
I am selling
this seemingly loosely inscribed etching following a drawing by Giovanni
Battista Cipriani—a
founding member of the Royal Academy—for the total cost of AU$289
(currently/approximately US$191.44/EUR176.83/GBP147.63 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$289) as this is my currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this freely drawn composition revealing not only a
haptic leaning to drawing (viz. drawing as if describing a form by the sense of
touch rather than describing its superficial details) but also a deep knowledge
of anatomy—note how the lines follow the course of muscles rather than defining
a silhouette outline of the portrayed subjects—please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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