18thC. FRENCH /BERNARD PICART - THE ALLIANCE AGAINST FRANCE, 1672. After LE BRUN

Description: ORIGINAL 18th CENTURY FRENCH ETCHING An allegory - The Alliance of Germany, Spain and Holland against France in 1672.To left of centre, personifications of those three countries join hands to signify their alliance against France. Etching by BERNARD PICART (French, 1673-1733) after a drawing by CHARLES LE BRUN. Signed and fully inscribed in the caption area at the bottom. Based on a preparatory drawing for the Salon de la Paix at Versailles. Size: LARGE, ELONGATED - Platemark measures 21 x 40 centimetres. The print comes from the publication "Innocent Impostures: or, A collection of prints after various illustrious painters.." published posthumously by Picart's widow in 1734 - a year after his death. The work was published in Amsterdam, Chez La Veuve De Bernard Picart; Sur le Cingel, MDCCXXXIV [1734] Plate number 49 at top right corner. CONDITION. NOTE: Minor loss at the left hand side, we are missing a couple of millimetres and the platemark line there. Otherwise very good. Printed on "laid" paper. Nice impression. References: Check it out in the British Museum, London: 1861,1109. 791 See also: Dimier (1928) Les peintres francais du XVIIIe siecle, histoire des vies et catalogue des oeuvres. Royal Academy of Arts London (library) ref. 07/2328 for the volume and well as the British Museum's copy. BERNARD PICART was born in Paris in 1673, son of Etienne Picart (called "Le Romain"), also an engraver. Bernard studied art and engraving under Charles Le Brun, Benoit Audran and Sebastien LeClerc, all top-rank masters. In 1711 he moved to Amsterdam, having previously obtained several engraving commissions from that city. He went on to become one of the finest engravers of his age, and was very prolific, working on many major important projects. When he died, his widow published the prestigious volume from which the present print comes, largely a selection of his engravings after the Old Masters, as well as his own compositions which were entirely in the Old Master tradition. Picart is a "museum quality" artist, and his work can be found in most of the leading museums worldwide. The British Museum has over 1000 of his prints, including the full set of the "Innocentes Impostures...." ***ALL MY ITEMS ARE SENT - UK & WORLDWIDE - BY TRACKED ROYAL MAIL SERVICE, FOR EVERYONE'S PEACE OF MIND. *** I COMBINE ITEMS FOR SHIPPING ***

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