Italian School, “Roman Arch”, c.1750

Italian School, “Roman Arch”, c.1750, a double-sided sheet with architectural studies showing size measurements by an unidentified Italian school draughtsman of a Roman arch in black ink and grey wash with pencil guide lines on heavy laid paper.

Size: (sheet) 28.6 x 35.6 cm

Condition: there is a flattened fold and centuries of accumulated surface marks, nevertheless, the sheet is in a relatively clean condition for its considerable age with no tears, holes or disfiguring stains.

I am selling this unusual and clearly unique double-sided sheet showing a draughtsman’s studies of an ancient Roman arch, for AU$609 (equivalent to approximately US$385.64, EUR 357.10, or GBP 299.08 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$609).

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Jean Pierre Simon, “Study of a Crouching Man”, late 1700s, before 1797, after Charles Le Brun

Jean Pierre Simon (aka John Peter Simon, the Younger) (pre1750–c.1810)

“Study of a Crouching Man” (aka “Completed Study of a Man Crouching on all Fours”), late 1700s, before 1797, plate 36 from the ninth book of prints (possibly showcasing works from “la Galerie du Museum de France” mentioned in the inscription?), inspired by the altarpiece painting, “The Nativity” by Charles Le Brun (aka Charles Lebrun) (1619–1690), published in Paris by Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797).

Stipple engraving on laid paper trimmed along the platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 23.1 x 31.8 cm; (image borderline) 18.9 x 29.2 cm

Lettered in plate: (upper left) “9^e. Cahier”; (lower left) “C. Le Brun pinx.”; (lower centre) “Etude d'Homme,/ d'après le Tableau de la Nativité, par Le Brun, de la Galerie du Museum de France./ a Paris. chez Basan, M^d. d’Estampes, Rue dt Hôtel Serpente.”; (upper right) “N^o. 36.”: (lower right) “J. P. Simon del. & Sculp.”

The Academy Fine Arts of Puebla offer a description of this print: http://www.bellasartespuebla.buap.mx:8181/apps/estampas/estampa-ficha.xql?cat=Cristianismo&id=ABA-0419.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression trimmed along the platemark and laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. The sheet has surface marks and a pale stain in the margin at right, otherwise the sheet is in a fair to good condition with no tears, holes or significant stains.

I am selling this marvellous example of stippling by one of the leading British artists to use this technique—see an excellent account of Jean Pierre Simon’s work offered by Art of the Print: https://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/simon_jean_pierre_nativity.htm—for AU$232 (equivalent to approximately US$145.87, EUR 136.33, or GBP 113.63 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$232).

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Jan Sadeler I, “Stoning of Christ”, 1582, after Maarten de Vos

Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann Sadeler) (1550–1600)

“Stoning of Christ” (Rijksmuseum title) (aka “The Jews Want to Stone Christ” [TIB title]), 1582, the final engraving in a series of four plates, “Four Scenes from the New Testament” (TIB 7001.178–.181), after a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos (aka Maarten de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603), published by Jan Sadeler.

Engraving on laid paper, trimmed along the image borderline with loss of the writing edge and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 23.7 x 20.4 cm; (image borderline) 23.4 x 20.3 cm

Inscribed in plate: (on strep) “Joan. Sadeler. sculpsit et excud. Coloniæ Agripp: 1582 D. vos inue[n]tor.”

TIB 7001.181 (Isabelle de Ramaix 1999, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Johan Sadeler I”, vol. 70, Part 1 [Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, pp. 218–19, cat. no. [7001] .181), Hollstein Dutch (vol. 21) 191; Hollstein Dutch (vol. 44) 400; Nagler 96; Le Blanc 41; Wurzbach 83; Edquist (p. 109) 24.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: “Christ leaves the temple of Jerusalem because the Jews want to stone him. In the foreground, stones are being picked up by some men. The print has a Latin caption with a Bible text (John 10) and is the last print in a series of four” (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200247807).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline and laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. There are minor restored spots, such a pin holes in the upper left corner, and a few minor stains, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this exceptionally fine engraving showing great subtlety in its execution—note how the engraver has expressed the drama of Christ’s departure with the billowing jagged edge of his cloak and, interesting for me, how the curve of the shading of his lower hand as it grasps the cloak follows the flow of the movement—for AU$329 (equivalent to approximately US$204, EUR 194.51, or GBP 160.65 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$329).

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Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, “Le Comte Léon Tolstoi”, 1886

Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (1847–1932)—history painter, draftsman and printmaker. At the time of this print (1886) Liphart moved from France to Saint Petersburg where he was to become the curator of the Hermitage Museum in 1905 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489453g/f370.item)

“Le Comte Léon Tolstoi” (Count Leo Tolstoy)—the highly influential Russian writer (1828–1910), 1886, published in Paris by Boussod, Valadon et Cie (aka Goupil) (fl.1827–1919) as an illustration to the third volume of “Les Lettres et les Arts” facing page 116 (see https://archive.org/details/p3leslettresetle1886pariuoft/p3leslettresetle1886pariuoft/page/156/mode/2up).

Heliogravure on buff coloured wove paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 32.9 x 24.3 cm; (plate) 22.5 x 17.3 cm

Inscribed and lettered in plate: (lower left) “[E. de?] Liphart”; (lower centre) “LE COMTE LÉON TOLSTOI”.

IFF 16 (Jacques Lethève & Françoise Gardey 1967, “Inventaire du Fonds Français après 1800: LEPAN–LYS”, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes, vol. 14, p. 360, cat. no. 16 [see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489453g/f372.item]).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in a pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, losses or stains.

I am selling this historically significant heliogravure portrait of the famous Russian author, Leo Tolstoy, as published in 1886, for AU$206 (equivalent to approximately US$128.23, EUR 122.60, or GBP 101.29 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$206).

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Henry Lerolle, “A Peasant Woman Carrying Two Buckets”, 1879

Henry Lerolle (aka Henri Lerolle) (1848–1929)

“A Peasant Woman Carrying Two Buckets” (aka “Une Paysanne Portant Deux Seaux”; “Paysanne Portant Deux Seaux” [https://armstrongfineart.com/collections/henri-lerolle]), 1879, a proof before lettering (if published) with generously wide margins and the ink stamp of Alfred Beurdeley (1847–1919) (Lugt no. 421; see pp. 72–75), an important collector described by Fritz Lugt (2002) in “Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes“ as possessing: (transl.) “… a collection remarkably rich in works by masters of the 19^th and 20^th centuries, represented by more than 1300 drawings. His drawings, old or modern, were not kept in boxes, but framed, and literally covered all the walls of his hotel, 79 rue de Clichy, in Paris, lounges, bedrooms, grand staircase, and even service staircase.” (p. 72).

Etching with plate tone on buff-coloured laid paper (D & C Blauw watermark) with generously wide margins and a collector’s ink stamp at lower left (Lugt no. 421).

Size: (sheet) 51 x 34 cm; (plate) 31.9 x 23.7 cm

Inscribed in plate with the artist’s name in reverse at lower left.

Not numbered in IFF, but this print may be the one described as “The Haystack” (“Le Meule de Foin”) (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5489453g/f115.item).

The Rijksmuseum offers descriptions of two other etchings by Henry Lerolle: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200130996; https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200219390.  

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with generously wide margins and a collector’s ink stamp (Lugt no. 421) at lower left. There are mounting hinges verso at the upper edge and beyond minor age-toning around the edges and pencil notations in the lower margin, the sheet is in a good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this exceptionally rare and very beautiful etching seldom seen on the art market, for AU$487 (equivalent to approximately US$302.45, EUR 291.38, or GBP 240.48 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$487).

If you are interested in purchasing this remarkable proof-state impression with an illustrious provenance as testified by the ink stamp of an influential and well-documented former collector (see Lugt no. 421, pp. 72–75), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.