Molière Portrait - Original Sanguine Engraving by Lépicié after Coypel
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Original engraving printed in sanguine with the famous portrait of Molière, pen in hand, drawn by Charles-Antoine Coypel and cut by Lépicié. At the foot, the legend "Né à Paris en 1620. Mort à Paris le Vendredy 17 Février 1673" and the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
Original engraving printed in sanguine with the famous portrait of Molière, pen in hand, drawn by Charles-Antoine Coypel and cut by Lépicié. At the foot, the legend "Né à Paris en 1620. Mort à Paris le Vendredy 17 Février 1673" and the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
This is the frontispiece portrait of the Œuvres de Molière published in Paris in 1734, the edition illustrated by François Boucher. This example is a later, 19th-century impression, printed in sanguine by the Eudes press from the original copper.
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752).
Engraver: François-Bernard Lépicié (1698-1755).
Date: 19th-century impression (copper of 1734).
Source: Œuvres de Molière. Imp. Eudes, Paris.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.8 x 7 in (25 x 17.7 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: The engraved image is clean, but the sheet has heavy foxing throughout the margins, clearly visible in the photograph.
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Original engraving printed in sanguine with the famous portrait of Molière, pen in hand, drawn by Charles-Antoine Coypel and cut by Lépicié. At the foot, the legend "Né à Paris en 1620. Mort à Paris le Vendredy 17 Février 1673" and the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".