The Rape of Europa
| Reference: | s31263 |
| Author | Nicolas LESUEUR |
| Year: | 1730 ca. |
| Measures: | 282 x 427 mm |
€350.00
| Reference: | s31263 |
| Author | Nicolas LESUEUR |
| Year: | 1730 ca. |
| Measures: | 282 x 427 mm |
€350.00
Description
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in blue tones on black lines, from four blocks.
On contemporary laid paper, in very good condition.
After a drawing executed by Paolo Farinati.
The plate is from the series "Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France".
Also known as 'Recueil Crozat', is a series of plates commissioned by the collector Pierre Crozat and reproducing famous paintings and drawings of the era; 140 plates were published in 1729. A second volume formed by 42 prints (instead of the 110 plates initially planned) was issued in 1740.
After Crozat's death, the plates were sold to a company of booksellers who commissioned Mariette to reorganize the 'Recueil'; Mariette divided the plates into two volumes, added some missing descriptions, and advertised the set to the public in 1742.
In 1764, Basan bought the plates and the text, and republished the 'Recueil', but replaced the woodcuts by intaglio prints. Basan also published the 45 plates reproducing the Italian paintings from the collection of the Duc d'Orléans in a volume entitled 'Recueil d'après la gallerie du palais royal'
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Nicolas LESUEUR (Parigi 1691 - 1764)
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Nicolas Le Sueur was born in 1691 in Paris. He came from a French wood-engraver family and is its most famous member. He was the son of Pierre Le Sueur (1663–98) and probably the father of Blaise Nicolas Le Sueur (1716–83). The artist signed his works with the initials "NLS".
He especially cultivated the light-dark cut (chiaroscuro cut) with the connection of line etchings and clay plates. Nicolas Le Sueur also made the 30 sheets for the Cabinet Crozat (1729-42) using this technique. In addition, he also made vignettes and book illustrations.
Nicolas Le Sueur died in 1764 in Paris.
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Literature
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Le Blanc 20
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Nicolas LESUEUR (Parigi 1691 - 1764)
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Nicolas Le Sueur was born in 1691 in Paris. He came from a French wood-engraver family and is its most famous member. He was the son of Pierre Le Sueur (1663–98) and probably the father of Blaise Nicolas Le Sueur (1716–83). The artist signed his works with the initials "NLS".
He especially cultivated the light-dark cut (chiaroscuro cut) with the connection of line etchings and clay plates. Nicolas Le Sueur also made the 30 sheets for the Cabinet Crozat (1729-42) using this technique. In addition, he also made vignettes and book illustrations.
Nicolas Le Sueur died in 1764 in Paris.
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