S.te Cecile chantant les Loüanges de Dieu / Caecilia Virgo Domino decantans
| Reference: | S43908 |
| Author | Etienne Picart |
| Year: | 1665 ca. |
| Measures: | 285 x 435 mm |
€325.00
| Reference: | S43908 |
| Author | Etienne Picart |
| Year: | 1665 ca. |
| Measures: | 285 x 435 mm |
€325.00
Description
St Cecilia playing the cello with naked putto holding a book of music above his head.
Engraving, 1665 circa, lettered with title in French and Latin and production detail.
Derived from Domenichino's famous painting, now in the Louvre.
Etienne Picart, was an engraver, often called 'Le Romain' and signed some plates 'Romanus' from years in Rome with his close friend Guillaume Vallet (1655-61), where he engraved after Italian masters. Pupil, not of François de Poilly (as often stated), but of Gilles Rousselet. Member of the Académie Royale in 1664; spent the last years of his life from 1710 in the Netherlands where he emigrated as a Huguenot with his son, Bernard Picart. Working with the address Rue St Jacques, au Buste de Monseigneur, Paris.
A fine impression, printed on laid paper, with margins, in good condition.
Etienne Picart (Parigi 1631 -1721)
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Engraver, often called 'Le Romain' and signed some plates 'Romanus' from years in Rome with his close friend Guillaume Vallet (1655-61), where he engraved after Italian masters. Pupil, not of François de Poilly (as often stated), but of Gilles Rousselet. Member of the Académie Royale in 1664; spent the last years of his life from 1710 in the Netherlands where he emigrated as a Huguenot with his son, Bernard Picart. Working with the address Rue St Jacques, au Buste de Monseigneur, Paris
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Etienne Picart (Parigi 1631 -1721)
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Engraver, often called 'Le Romain' and signed some plates 'Romanus' from years in Rome with his close friend Guillaume Vallet (1655-61), where he engraved after Italian masters. Pupil, not of François de Poilly (as often stated), but of Gilles Rousselet. Member of the Académie Royale in 1664; spent the last years of his life from 1710 in the Netherlands where he emigrated as a Huguenot with his son, Bernard Picart. Working with the address Rue St Jacques, au Buste de Monseigneur, Paris
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