ENGRAVINGS & PRINTS
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270 lots
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101 - DANCE OF THE DEAD. Drawing in ink (anonymous), on cream laid paper. 19th century. 23,5 x 30,7 cm. Condition A/B (Edge of the sheet slightly oxidized and brown spot in the center left).
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
102 - REPRESENTATION OF DEATH. 20th century. Etching and aquatint, signed with the initials "F.V" in the lower left corner of the plate. Proof on wove paper, numbered 71/100 and signed in pencil. Good margins. 57 x 42 cm. Condition B (Slight traces of handling and rare light foxing on the margins).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
103 - ALLEGORY OF DEATH - "The Path of Death". 1898. Print after Eugène TRIGOULET (Paris 1864-Berck 1910). Proof on wove paper bearing the dry stamp of the Estampe Moderne (Lugt 2790). Margins. Composition inspired by an extract from Les Chants de la Mort by Gustave Flaubert. 30,5 x 40,5 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
104 - [Allegory of Death]. 1902. Color print after Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (Lausanne 1859 Paris 1923), in two sheets. From "La Vision de Hugo par Steinlen", published in "L'Assiette au beurre" in February 1902. 31 x 48,3 cm. Condition A (Formerly glued by the corners on a thick support.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
105 - ALLEGORY OF DEATH [The back of the mirror]. Woodcut by Paul KOCH (born in 1927). Signed lower right in the plate. Proof on BFK Rives wove paper, numbered 48 from an edition at 200 and countersigned in pencil by the artist. All margins. 37,7 x 28,2 cm. Condition A (Very good condition).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
106 - DEATH ALLEGORY - LUCE M. - "Her Majesty the Famine, Queen of Sicily (To Malatesta & the condemned of Ancona)". 1898. Original lithograph by Maximilien LUCE (Paris 1858 1941). Signed and dated in the plate. Proof on cream laid paper Van Gelder Zonen. All margins untrimmed. 56,5 x 45,5 cm. Condition A/B (Partially faded).
Estimate €400 - €500 -
107 - DEATH ALLEGORY - "FUNEBRE PUMP of the very high, very powerful and magnificent Lord the Clergy of France [died November 2, 1789. day of the deceased in the room of the National Assembly at the Archiepiscopal Palace of Paris]". Lithograph. Fine wove paper. Margins. 21,5 x 28,5 cm. Condition B (Trace of old vertical fold on the right of the subject and oxidation at the level of this fold).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
108 - DEATH ALLEGORY - "Das Ende aller Dinge" (The end of all things). c.1833-1836. Lithograph after William HOGARTH (London 1697 - 1764). Printed by C. F. Heintz on fine wove paper. Margins. 23 x 30,5 cm. Condition C (Some light foxing).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
109 - TRAVIÈS de VILLERS Charles J. (1804-1859) - "Old men, your time has come! Oh! death, leave us time to guillotine these young Men". 1835. Lithograph. Signed with initials in the plate. Printed on vellum by Delaunois and published at the Bureau des Aubert galerie Véro-Dodat. Plate for "La Caricature (Journal) N°228". Margins. 33,5 x 45 cm. Condition B (Some stains mainly in the margins and traces of median folds).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
110 - VANITY - 18th century. - Etching and burin by BERSENEFF (born in Siberia in 1762), after the painting by Vanden-verfe. Proof with the letter, on watermarked laid paper (Letters). Plate dedicated "to his Excellency Monsieur de Moussin POUCHKIN, Master of Ceremonies of his Imperial Majesty of all RUSSIAS. Current State Councillor, Honorary Member of the Academy of Fine Arts of St PETERSBURG and Knight of the Order of St STANISLAS". Margins for three sides. 46 x 40 cm. Condition B (cut at the edge
Estimate €300 - €400 -
111 - SKULL PROFILE] - "Principal Bones of the Head". 18th century. Engraving in the pencil manner by Gilles Demarteau, after the drawings of Charles MONNET (1732-After 1808). Printed in sanguine on laid paper. In Paris, at Demarteau, Graveur, Cloître S. Benoît, Q.er St Jacques, n°350". Margins. 32,5 x 26 cm. Condition B (Some traces of wetness on the edges).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
112 - CAMILLE BOUCHARD'S STUDIO] - SKELETON. Sketch in three pencils, on bluish paper, with the following handwritten inscription on the reverse "Atelier de Camille Bouchard". 30.7 x 44.5 cm. Condition B (Missing in the corners).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
113 - SATIRICAL ENGRAVING - "THE CARNIVAL OF THIS YEAR / They let me drink all alone That's not nice...". c.1871. Lithograph in colours after FAUSTIN (Soissons, 1847 - c.1914). Cream wove paper. Signed lower left in the plate. Printed by Barousse, in Paris and published by Madré. Margins. This satirical drawing represents a young woman with a skeleton face drinking a glass of "sparkling blood Champagne 1871". 35 x 26 cm. Condition A (Two short tears consolidated in the left margin).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
114 - CARTOON- "The last Ribote". 19th century. Sketch in ink, watercolor & gouache by Paul KLENCK (Born in Basel in 1844), on Hallines laid paper. Signed "P. Klenck" and handwritten dialogue in brown ink at the foot of the composition. 44.5 x 47 cm. Condition C (tears on the edges and some stains).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
115 - LOCOMOTION - MONTAUT Ernest (1878-1909) - [Barque on the Seine]. Original stencil, on cream wove paper. Signed lower right in the plate. Nice proof with margins. At the end of the 19th century, Ernest Montaut and his wife Marguerite Millet, known as Gamy, specialized in drawing on lithographic stone. They developed new printing techniques, from among others the stencil, which they put at the service of the poster and the sports iconography, in particular the automobile and the aviation. 21 x 33
Estimate €100 - €150 -
116 - "CAVALRY SCHOOL. View from the Prairies of the Haras". XIXth century. Lithographed by H. WALTER (Active in the middle of the XIXth century), after a drawing by F. Lavoye. Proof printed in two tones, on wove paper. Printed at Decan, Rue Paradis - Poiss. 28, in Paris. 56 x 71,5 cm. Condition A (Rare and minimal light foxing in the good margins).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
117 - SAINT NICOLAS FESTIVAL - ALBUM - 25 DRAWINGS from the 19th century - "Essay of illustration on the Legend of Saint Nicolas". Set of 25 drawings in black ink mounted on sheet and gathered in an album. Each drawing captioned in brown ink forming a story ("There were three children / Who were going to glean in the fields", "Come in, come in, little children, there is certainly room", "Saint Nicolas, after seven years, came to pass in this field" ...). Good condition. 19 x 15 cm approximately each d
Estimate €200 - €250 -
118 - MIXED TECHNIQUE - [LANDSCAPE, Village by the river]. 19th century. Engraving, collage and watercolor on paper. Handwritten annotations on the back: "N°13 Junio. 26 le 1876, Angel Rodriguez de Lavandera". 32,3 x 48 cm. Condition B (Small accidents on the edges).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
119 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 1528) - "The Virgin and Child sitting at the foot of a wall". 1514. Original chisel. Signed with the monogram and dated on the right in the plate. Reference: Strauss, no. 78. Bartsch, no. 40. Hollstein & Meder, no. 36. Approximately 14.9 x 10 cm. Condition B (cut to the subject on three sides and very slightly inside the subject at the foot).
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
120 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Self-portrait of the artist in beret and scarf, face dark". (Rembrandt in cap & scarf, face dark). 1633. Original etching. Signed "Rembrandt f. 1633" in point below the composition. Proof on Arches laid paper. Reference: New Hollstein 120. Boon & Bartsch, n°17. Late print. All margins. Rembrandt is known for his numerous self-portraits. He made nearly 80 of them during his career, one tenth of his painted and engraved works. Rembrandt's objectivity in the re
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
121 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The descent from the cross, second plate". 1633. Original etching. Proof on strong laid paper. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. cum pryvl 1633" in point at the foot of the composition. Ref: Bartsch, n°81. Hollstein, no. 103. Late print by Lamoureux. Margins. 57 x 44,3 cm. Condition B (Rare stains or small freckles in the margins or on the reverse. Trace of wetness in the lower left corner).
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
122 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The pancake woman". 1635. Original etching. Ref: Bartsch, no. 124, Hind, no. 141. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f.1635" in point under the subject. Proof on fine laid paper. Late edition. Small margins. The Kouk-Maker is a charming scene of rural daily life in the 17th century Netherlands. 11,8 x 8,7 cm. Condition A/B (formerly pasted by the edges on a stronger laid paper and some small handling stains).
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
123 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Jesus Christ on the Cross" (The crucifixion). c.1635. Original etching. Ref: Bartsch, no. 80. Hind, no. 123. Proof with the signature almost invisible, on heavy cream laid paper. Late print. 9,5 x 6,7 cm. Condition A (cut to the subject at the top and left, margin fillet at the bottom and right, formerly pasted by the right edges on strong wove paper).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
124 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - Self-portrait, "Rembrandt and his wife Saskia". 1636. Original etching. Signed "Rembrandt f. 1636" in the upper left corner of the composition. Proof on laid paper. Reference: Hind, no. 144, New Hollstein & Bartsch, no. 19. Slightly late print. "In 1634 Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh, niece of Hendrick van Uylenburgh, a picture dealer with whom the artist had been working since 1631 and with whom he stayed on his arrival in Amsterdam. They had several
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
125 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The triumph of Mordecai". 1641. Original etching, drypoint and aquatint. Proof on fine laid paper. Ref: New Hollstein 185. Bartsch, no. 40. Late print. Small margins. 17,8 x 21,2 cm. Condition B (Rare small ink spots).
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
126 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Self-portrait, Rembrandt drawing at a window". 1648. Original etching, drypoint and burin. Ref: Boon & Bartsch, no. 22. Hind, no. 229. Proof of a somewhat late edition, with the signature "Rembrandt f. 1648" in the point and the landscape engraved in the window (upper part of the landscape almost worn and very faint), on laid paper. Small margins. This is Rembrandt's last large engraved self-portrait. In this iconic image, the artist has presented himself, at
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
127 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "Faust" (Faust in his study, watching a magic disk). c.1652. Original etching and drypoint. Ref: Bartsch, no. 270, Hind, no. 260, proof on watermarked laid paper (Near Strasbourg Lily A.4WR (b), circa 1653). In this luminous print, Rembrandt captures a moment of mystical revelation. A scholar, identified as Dr. Faustus from German legend, looks up in wonder as a radiant disc and a dark figure with a spectral hand appear outside his window. On the disc are reli
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
128 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The flight into Egypt, crossing a brook". 1654. Original etching. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1654" in the lower left corner of the plate. Ref: Bartsch, no. 55. Hind, n°276. Proof on laid paper. Late print. "This is Rembrandt's fifth and last print on the theme of the Flight into Egypt. Six states of the Flight into Egypt engraved in 1651 have survived, the artist tirelessly pursuing the search for nocturnal effects, around the glow of a lantern, from hal
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
129 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The Holy Family with the Cat and Snake". 1654. Original etching. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1654" in point in the plate. Ref: Bartsch, no. 63. Hind, n°275. Proof on laid paper. Slightly late edition. Margins. 13 x 17,7 cm. Condition A (Small traces of sticker on the reverse, rare light foxing in the margins and on the edges of the subject, slightly dusty).
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
130 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - "The woman with the calabash" (Old beggar woman with a gourd). c.1630. Original etching. Ref: Bartsch, n°168. Hind, n°80. Proof on wove paper. Late print. Small margins. 10,9 x 5,4 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
131 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 1669) - 'Woman bathing, her feet at a brook'. 1658. Original etching. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1658" in the upper left corner of the plate. Ref: Bartsch, no. 200, Hind, no. 298. Proof of a late edition, on laid paper. Fine margins. This composition is one of eight female nudes engraved by Rembrandt during his career. 16,3 x 8,3 cm. Condition A (cut at the edge of the subject at the corners and slight traces of old mounting on the reverse, very small scratch at t
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
132 - STRADANUS Jan van der Straet, known as (after) (Bruges 1536 Florence 1605) - "The hunting of the night birds". c.1596. Burin engraving attributed to Jan Collaert II. Proof with the number, on watermarked laid paper (Arrow in a circle). Ref: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish), (Johannes Stradanus), n°524. Plate 82 of the series "Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium, pugnae bestiariorum & mutuae bestiarum", published by Philippe Galle (Haarlem 1537 1612). Margins. 26,8 x 34 cm. Condition A (old handwr
Estimate €150 - €200 -
133 - BOSSE Abraham (Tours 1602 Paris 1676) - "Vestir les nuds". c.1635. Original etching and burin. Proof on old watermarked laid paper (three double circles in a shield). Reference: Duplessis, n°55. Blum, n°1026. Plate 6 of a suite of 7 pieces entitled "Les oeuvres de miséricorde". 22,4 x 32,4 cm. Condition B (Cut to the copperplate mark on three sides and to the subject at the bottom (missing tablet), two tiny wormholes and a few rare spots).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
134 - BOSSE Abraham (Tours 1602 Paris 1676) - "The Infirmary of the Hospital of Charity of Paris", c.1639. Original etching and burin engraving. Proof on laid paper. Ref: Blum, n°1038. Fine margins of the copper on three sides. 24,6 x 32,1 cm. Condition B (Cut inside the tablet (5th line missing), a few short restored tears on the edges, two of them in the tablet).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
135 - BOSSE Abraham (Tours 1602 Paris 1676) - "The Banquet given for the return of the prodigal son", c.1636. Original etching and burin engraving. Ref. Blum, n°1189. Duplessis, n°39. Sophie Join-Lambert, Maxime Préaud Abraham Bosse: Savant graveur. Exh. cat. BNF, n°139. Proof of the unique state, on laid paper. Plate from the suite of 6 pieces "L'Histoire de l'enfant prodigue". This interior scene is of particular interest for the details it provides on the furnishings, decoration, customs and co
Estimate €300 - €400 -
136 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "View of the Louvre and the Tower of Nesles". Etching. Signed "Callot fec" in the lower left corner of the composition. Reference: Lieure, n°667. Proof of a late edition, on wove paper. Small margins. 19 x 37,2 cm. Condition B (Rare small light spots in the sky).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
137 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The Fair of the Impruneta (2nd plate, engraved in Nancy)". 1622. Original etching and burin engraving. Proof of the 2nd state (of 2) with the address of Israël Silvestre in the lower left corner of the tablet, printed on two leaves. Ref: I.F.F After 1800 & Lieure, n°478. A masterpiece of the art of engraving, this print is a precious testimony of the rural society in Tuscany at the beginning of the 17th century. Callot engraved two matrices of L'Impruneta: a
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
138 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" 1632-1633. Original etching. Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters P.R), with the address of Silvestre. Ref: I.F.F XVIIè & Lieure, n°670. late edition. Filleted margins. 16,5 x 32,7 cm. Condition B (Paper weakened at the corners).
Estimate €250 - €300 -
139 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" 1632-1633. Original etching. Proof on wove paper, with the address of Silvestre. Ref: I.F.F XVIIè & Lieure, n°670. late edition. Small margins. 16,8 x 32,7 cm. Condition A (proof formerly mounted by the corners on cream vellum).
Estimate €250 - €300 -
140 - CALLOT Jacques (Nancy 1592 1635) - "The four Banquets". Complete suite of 4 original etchings. Proofs on laid paper. Ref: Lieure, n°295 to 298. 7,3 x 4,5 cm approximately each plate. Condition B (cut inside the copperplate mark).
Estimate €250 - €300 -
141 - DELAUNE Etienne (Paris or Orléans c.1518 Strasbourg c.1583) - "The twelve Months of the year (First suite)". c.1561. Complete suite of 12 plates engraved with etching and burin. Proofs of the 1st state on II (before the figures and the address "F.L.D Ciartres Excudit") on old laid paper, glued by the corners, two by two, on cream laid sheets. References: Robert-Dumesnil, n°225 to 236. Courboin, n°4517. "La gravure française à la Reniassance", BNF, n°106. This first series, with rectangular
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
142 - DELAUNE Etienne (Paris or Orléans c.1518 Strasbourg c.1583) - "Various subjects". Complete suite of 12 etchings and burin prints. Single state proofs, on laid paper, formerly cut within the copperplate mark (sometimes even to the subject or the fillet) and mounted on cream laid paper. Ref: Robert-Dumesnil, n°237 to 248. Each of the subjects bears the artist's initial. The subjects depicted: A Roman soldier haranguing before a prince; The Romans declaring Q. Cincinnatus dictator; A man with a h
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
143 - RAPHAEL (AFTER) - "The Transfiguration". Exceptional anonymous gouache and watercolor, on antique laid paper, after the painting by Raphael of Urbino (1483c.1520) towards the end of his life. Very beautiful and delicate composition on old paper mounted by the edges on old paper with framing nets. Size of the sheet: 38,3 x 26 cm. Size with the frame: 46 x 34 cm. Condition A (restored tear at the upper right corner, otherwise good condition and fresh colours).
Estimate €5,000 - €8,000 -
144 - BOUCHER François (Paris 1703 1770) - "Reclining nude woman, seen from behind, the head in profile on the left". 18th century. Engraving in the pencil manner by Gilles Demarteau the elder (Liège 1722 Paris 1776), printed in sanguine. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Letters). Ref: I.F.F. XVIIIth & Leymarie, n°83. In Paris, at Demarteau, rue de la Pelterie à la cloche. Small margins. 28,5 x 43,7 cm. Condition B (Trace of sticker in the right margin and some foxing).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
145 - CHARDIN Jean-Siméon (Paris 1699 1779) (After) - "Le négligé ou Toilette du matin". 1741. Etching and burin by Jacques-Philippe LE BAS (Paris 1707 1783). Ref: Bocher, n°38a. Proof of the IInd state on II (with the letter), on laid paper. In Paris, at J.P. Le Bas, engraver of the King, in the porte cochere at the bottom of the rue de la Harpe, with the King's privilege. 51,5 x 41,5 cm with the frame. (Engraving not examined outside its frame). Condition B.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
146 - COCHIN Charles-Nicolas (1715 † 1790) - Invitation au "Bal paré à Versailles pour le mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin [] le mercredi 24 février 1745". Eau-forte. Epreuve tirée par la Chalcographie du Louvre, sur papier vélin. Marges. 21,5 x 30,5 cm. Etat A (Rousseurs dans les bonnes marges et au verso).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
147 - DEQUEVAUVILLER François (1745 1807) - "General view of the PONT-NEUF (PARIS), taken from the place where the water is passed at the first Gate of the Louvre". Late 18th century. Engraved with etching and burin after a drawing by Jean-Baptiste F. GENILLION in 1780. Margins. 32,5 x 47,5 cm. Condition C (Glued in full on cardboard and some freckles).
Estimate €60 - €80 -
148 - LE BAS J.J (1707 1783) & MALBESTE Georges (1754 1843) - "Lion hunting". 1772. Etching and burin after P.P. Rubens. Proof on laid paper. Reference: I.F.F XVIIIè, n°326. In Paris, by Le Bas, Graveur pensionnaire du Roi []. Margins. 25,5 x 32 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
149 - LEQUIN (Active in the 18th century). - Almanac for 30 years dedicated to the Queen". 1775. Etching and burin engraving. Ref : De Vinck n°214. Rare proof on strong laid paper, cut inside the plate cut. This Almanac decorated with the profile portraits of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI is particularly original since it was equipped with a circular mechanism at the back allowing, as for a slide rule, to quickly obtain the various information relative to a given date. After the acceleration of prin
Estimate €150 - €300 -
150 - MOREAU Jean Michel, known as the Young (Paris 1741 1814) - "Arrival of the Queen at the Hôtel de Ville, Festivities given to the King and the Queen by the City of Paris, on the 21st of January 1782 on the occasion of the Birth of Monseigneur le Dauphin". Large etching. Proof on strong laid paper (without visible watermark). Late print. Copper margins. Engraving representing the festivities organized in Paris on January 21, 1782 to celebrate the birth, on October 22, 1781, of Louis Joseph Xavier
Estimate €60 - €80
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