Prologue d'Amphitryon, Molière - L. Cars Engraving after Boucher
€125.00
Tax included
Original engraving in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Amphitryon: Mercury and Night among the clouds, with the chariot and the crescent moon. One of the airiest compositions in the series Laurent Cars engraved after François Boucher.
Original engraving in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Amphitryon: Mercury and Night among the clouds, with the chariot and the crescent moon. One of the airiest compositions in the series Laurent Cars engraved after François Boucher.
The series first appeared in the Œuvres de Molière published in Paris in 1734, with Boucher's illustrations engraved by Laurent Cars and Pierre Quentin Chedel. The original black chalk and wash drawings are kept in the manuscripts department of the National Library of France.
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770).
Engraver: Laurent Cars (1699-1771).
Date: Copper of 1734; 19th-century impression by the Eudes press, Paris.
Source: Œuvres de Molière.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.7 x 6.9 in (24.7 x 17.5 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Light foxing in the upper right margin and on the backing sheet; the image is clean.
1629
16 other products in the same category:
Viewed products
Original engraving in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Amphitryon: Mercury and Night among the clouds, with the chariot and the crescent moon. One of the airiest compositions in the series Laurent Cars engraved after François Boucher.