GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Oude prenten – Gravures anciennes
Members of the Paris beau-monde are gathered together in a park at the eve of
the Revolution. They are joking, talking and flirting. Some well-known figures of
the French nobility are portrayed, such as the Duke of Chartres (the future King
Louis XVIII), who blows a kiss to the woman standing behind him.
Ref. V. Carlson (ed.), Regency to Empire: French printmaking 1715-1815,
Baltimore 1984, no. 103. - M. Fenaille, L’oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt, Paris
1899, no. 33-2.
275 [French]
Fontainebleau School - 2 oval engravings with mythological
scenes. [Fontainebleau], 1540-1550.
Engravings, 6,5 x 5,5 cm, laid paper, unsigned (trimmed along oval borderline,
some foxing, brown spots). Stuck under passe-partout.
200 / 300 €
277 [French]
LEPAUTRE, Jean - Made-up volume. Paris, Pierre Mariette or
Jean Le Blond, 17th c.
81 engravings, various sizes, laid paper ± 19,5 x 27 cm (some marg. stains or
dampstains). Bound in 1 vol., 20 x 28,5 cm, later quarter vellum, modern light
green laid paper on covers, flat blind spine (sl. stained). Good condition.
400 / 600 €
Nice collection of plates from various albums designed by J. Lepautre (1618-1682).
Includes some titles: «Trophées d’armes antique et moderne, servant a toutes
sortes d’ouvriers, pour l’enbelissement de leurs ouvrages nouvellement dessignez
et gravez par Iean le Potre», «Lambris a la françoise nouvellement inventée et
gravée par Iean le Potre», «Nouveaux ornemens ou plafons [...]», «Quarts de
plafons nouvellement inve[n]tés [...]» and «Alcoves a l’italienne [...]». Plates
generally not numbered or with discontinuous numeration, some animated with
figures, representing military trophies, ornamental friezes, mythological scenes,
monumental chimneys, ceilings, wall ornaments or panels, richly decorated
rooms, alcoves, some with beds... At the end, a suite of 10 circular engravings
published by Le Blond, picturing landscapes, statues, ruins and various scenes.
Small unidentified oval prints in the style and subject matter of Fontainebleau
printmakers such as Etienne Delaune or Jean Mignon. The two medallions
depict scenes of feasting Gods and putti on Mount Olympus.
Ref. Not in C. Jenkins, «Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau», 2018.
276 [French]
The Four Elements. Paris, 17th c.
4 engravings, 20,5 x 32 cm, laid paper (toned, trimmed to borders, cuttings in
lower text margin with loss of signatures, def. to left margins sm. repairs). Stuck
by corners under passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
278 [French]
LEPAUTRE, Jean - Made-up volume. Paris, Pierre Mariette or
Jean Le Blond, 17th c.
58 engravings, various sizes, laid paper ± 19 x 27 cm (1st pl. folded, some marg. stains
or traces of use). Bound in 1 vol., 20 x 29 cm, later quarter vellum, modern light green
laid paper on covers, flat blind spine (stained, some scratches). Good condition.
300 / 400 €
A complete set of prints depicting the Four Elements. In each print a young
couple is seen surrounded by mythological and allegorical depictions of the
element. They can be seen sitting in a boat pulled by Tritons, being lifted on
clouds by the winds or just receiving babies from a baby-firing canon. Each
engraving is accompanied by a French text.
Nice collection of plates from various albums designed by J. Lepautre (1618-
1682). Includes some titles: «Ornements pour les corniches et chapiteaux
servent aux peintres architect et menuisiers nouvellement inventé et gravée par
Jean le Potre» (= manuscript title), «Cheminées à l’italienne [...]», «Cheminées
à la romaine [...]», «Grotesques et moresques [...]» and «Frises ou montans a la
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