A chemist's laboratoryA chemist's laboratory
| Reference: | S1752 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1747 |
| Measures: | 494 x 371 mm |
€400.00
| Reference: | S1752 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1747 |
| Measures: | 494 x 371 mm |
€400.00
Description
Etching, circa 1747, firmata in lastra in basso a destra.
A fine impression, printed on wove paper, trimmed to the paltemark, in good condition.
A chemist's laboratory, with, in the foreground, an old man sitting with a young man in front of a furnace where a retort has been placed; in the background, two apprentices working; after David Teniers the Younger.
Lettered with names of producers, publication address: 'à Paris chez J. Ph. Le Bas (...) ruë de la Harpe', title, dedication to the Count of Wassenaer; inscription in bottom left corner: '43 Teniers'
Literature
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Inventaire du Fonds Français, 338.
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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, 338.
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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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