After Charles Antoine Coypel, Sancho Panza arriving on Barataria Island (Don Quijote), 1723-1724 (circa)
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Antique engraving, titled: 'Entree de Sancho dans l' Isle de Barataria', ('Entry of Sancho on the Barataria Isle'). Sancho is carried on the shoulders of two men into a town. A scene from Cervantes' novel Don Quichote, depiction Don Quichote's hallucinatory perception of the world.
Line engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. From a set of plates relating the story of Don Quijote. Probably based on a series of 28 tapestries that Coypel designed for Gobelins.
Artist: after Charles Antoine Coypel (1694-1752)
Engraver: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749)
Publisher: Louis Surugue
School/Style: French
Size: 35x29 cms.
In good condition given age. It has two little spots on left-hand side. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Margins with inscription content has been cut.
Artists and Engravers: Made by N. Tardieu after Car. Coypel. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) was a French painter, art commmentator and playwright. He was the son of Antoine Coypel and grandson of Noel Coypel. Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749) also called 'Tardieu the elder' was a prominent French engraver, known for his sensitive reproductions of Antoine Watteau's paintings. He was appointed graveur du roi (King's Engraver) to King Louis XV of France.
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Antique engraving, titled: 'Entree de Sancho dans l' Isle de Barataria', ('Entry of Sancho on the Barataria Isle'). Sancho is carried on the shoulders of two men into a town. A scene from Cervantes' novel Don Quichote, depiction Don Quichote's hallucinatory perception of the world.
Line engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. From a set of plates relating the story of Don Quijote. Probably based on a series of 28 tapestries that Coypel designed for Gobelins.
Artist: after Charles Antoine Coypel (1694-1752)
Engraver: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749)
Publisher: Louis Surugue
School/Style: French
Size: 35x29 cms.
In good condition given age. It has two little spots on left-hand side. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Margins with inscription content has been cut.
Artists and Engravers: Made by N. Tardieu after Car. Coypel. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) was a French painter, art commmentator and playwright. He was the son of Antoine Coypel and grandson of Noel Coypel. Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749) also called 'Tardieu the elder' was a prominent French engraver, known for his sensitive reproductions of Antoine Watteau's paintings. He was appointed graveur du roi (King's Engraver) to King Louis XV of France.