Saint François d'Assise
| Reference: | S83 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1743 |
| Measures: | 280 x 210 mm |
€180.00
| Reference: | S83 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1743 |
| Measures: | 280 x 210 mm |
€180.00
Description
Etching and engraving, 1743, signed on plate.
St Francis of Assisi wearing a capuchin habit and praying in a cave, looking over his shoulder at a ray of light coming from top right, a crucifix and a skull on a block in front of him, another monk standing outside the cave entrance; after David Teniers the Younger.
Lettered in lower margin with production details: “Teniers pinxit.” and “J.P. Le Bas Sculp.” and “Dedié au P. Theodor de Blois Capucin, ancien Professeur en Theologie / Par son tres humble / serviteur J.P. Le Bas” and “a Paris chez l'Auteur rüe de la Harpe vis a vis la rue Percée. 1743”.
Trimmed to the borderline, good condition.
Literature
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Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, 1930, (Le Bas), n. 30.
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Jaques Philippe Le BAS (Parigi 1707 - 1783)
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Painter, draftsman and printmaker. In Paris he rirected a famous engraving school, and he was the founder of gravure libre, ie "original engraving", as opposed to engravings made by professionals copying someone else's design. Major engraver and entrepreneur, active c.1727-1783, with a large workshop from which many of the major French engravers emerged. Main biographical source is a ms life by Joullain fils prefixed to his Oeuvre in the BN (long extracts quoted by Portalis & Béraldi). 'Agréé' at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts (1735) then 'reçu' (1743). Collaborated as publisher with Poignant (q.v.).
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Literature
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Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, 1930, (Le Bas), n. 30.
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Jaques Philippe Le BAS (Parigi 1707 - 1783)
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Painter, draftsman and printmaker. In Paris he rirected a famous engraving school, and he was the founder of gravure libre, ie "original engraving", as opposed to engravings made by professionals copying someone else's design. Major engraver and entrepreneur, active c.1727-1783, with a large workshop from which many of the major French engravers emerged. Main biographical source is a ms life by Joullain fils prefixed to his Oeuvre in the BN (long extracts quoted by Portalis & Béraldi). 'Agréé' at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts (1735) then 'reçu' (1743). Collaborated as publisher with Poignant (q.v.).
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