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  • VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA FLANDRE ET DU BRABANT, AVEC DES RÉFLEXIONS RELATIVEMENT AUX ARTS & QUELQUES GRAVURES [...].
    Oct. 06, 2022

    VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA FLANDRE ET DU BRABANT, AVEC DES RÉFLEXIONS RELATIVEMENT AUX ARTS & QUELQUES GRAVURES [...].

    Est: €200 - €250

    8vo: xxii-[2]-328-[11] pp.; 6 pl. (half-title missing, some min. foxing, ms. annotations on 3 lvs). - First edition of this work by the French painter J.-B. Descamps (1714-1791), ill. with an armorial engr. headpiece by Le Mire after Descamps and 5 engr. plates mostly showing pulpits; complete with the fold. map. The work lists the artistic riches of Brussels, Leuven, Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Mons, Tournai, Dixmude, etc. Title in red & black. Interesting old marginal ms. comments on 3 liminary lvs (folded to preserve the notes from trimming), - Ref. Conlon 69:728. - Cohen 287. - Prov. Jean-Baptiste Moens (armorial bookpl. and library label in vol. 1 of the joined work). - Joined, same author, publisher, format, binding, provenance and condition: La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, avec des portraits [...]. Paris, Ch.-A. Jombert [- Desaint & Saillant, Pissot, Durand] (Rouen, printed by Abr. Viret [- Viret fils]), 1753-1764. 4 vol.: xvi-437-[3], [4]-480-[8], xvi-402-[6], viii-302-[24] pp. (front. missing, some min. spotting and foxing, marg. damp stains in vol. 1). First edition of this reference work. Engr. ill.: 1 (of 2) armorial headpiece by Le Mire after Descamps (the arms of the dedication to de La Live are not printed), 168 half page portraits by Ficquet, Gaillard, Legrand i.a. after Descamps, Eisen and Campion. Titles in red & black. Ref. Brunet II:608. - Cohen 287. - Conlon 53:598. - Arntzen & Rainwater H88. (5 vol.)

    Arenberg Auctions
  • RECUEIL DE 59 GRAVURES EXTRAITES DE "LA VIE DES PEINTRES FLAMANDS, ALLEMANDS ET HOLLANDOIS [...]".
    Jun. 16, 2022

    RECUEIL DE 59 GRAVURES EXTRAITES DE "LA VIE DES PEINTRES FLAMANDS, ALLEMANDS ET HOLLANDOIS [...]".

    Est: €100 - €200

    Eaux-fortes, c. 7,5 x c. 11 cm, la majorité signée dans la cuv. (pet. rousseurs). - Beau tirage des armoiries du comte de Vence et de 58 portraits en bandeaux, dont la moitié par Ficquet, représentant Melder, de Roore, van Helmont, Houbraken, van Orley de Gaillard, Metsys, van Eyck, Holbein, etc. L'ouvrage de Descamps parut en 1753-1764, en 4 vol. in-8°, et contient un total de 168 portraits. - Réf. Cohen 287 ("Les épreuves d'artiste des Ficquet, tirées sans le texte, existent, mais elles sont fort rares").

    Arenberg Auctions
  • 3 Engravings incl. Rare Portrait & Thommasin, Fire in Borgo
    Jan. 30, 2022

    3 Engravings incl. Rare Portrait & Thommasin, Fire in Borgo

    Est: $400 - $450

    1st item: Scarce mezzotint portrait on laid paper of Jean Baptiste Descamps by J.F. Rousseau, after a circa 1761 drawing (whereabouts unknown) by Charles N. Cochin (French, 1715-1790). Float mounted in a narrow gilt and ebonized molded frame. Sheet: 10 1/2" H x 7 3/4" W. Framed: 12 3/4" H x 10 1/4" W. Note: Cochin was an engraver to the court of Louis XV. Jean Baptiste Descamps was a French writer on art and artists, and painter of village scenes. He founded an academy of art and his son became a museum curator. Other known copies are in the collections of the British Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 2nd item: Philippe Thommasin (French, 1562-1622) engraving after the fresco painting "The Fire in the Borgo" (in reverse) by Raphael Sanzio de Urbino (Italian, 1483-1520) originally executed in 1514 in the Stanza dell'Incendio in the Vatican depicting the chaotic scene of multiple figures amid classical architecture fleeing or combating the fire that broke out in the Borgo in Rome in 847 CE. Reference to Raphael's fresco on a step at the lower left, Thomassin's publishing line and date at lower center, and dedication to Pietro Lanzi and motto at the lower right all in Latin. Little Gallery Framer's sticker label, en verso. Mounted on paper and housed under glass in a modern wooden frame. Plate: 17 1/4" H x 22 3/4" W. Sight: 20 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W. Frame: 22 3/4" H x 27 3/4" W. Circa 1610. 3rd item: 18th century engraved portrait on laid paper of an unidentified subject, artist unknown. The subject is depicted in early 18th century wig and clothing, standing in a naturalistic background and holding a telescope. Unframed. 10 7/8" H x 7 1/4" W.

    Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
  • LA VIE DES PEINTRES FLAMANDS, ALLEMANDS ET HOLLANDOIS, AVEC DES PORTRAITS [...].
    Mar. 26, 2021

    LA VIE DES PEINTRES FLAMANDS, ALLEMANDS ET HOLLANDOIS, AVEC DES PORTRAITS [...].

    Est: €150 - €200

    4 vol., 8vo: xvi-429-[11], [4]-480-[8], xvi-402-[6-2 bl.], viii-302-[24] pp. (some min. spotting and browning). - First edition of this reference work by the French painter J.-B. Descamps (1714-1791) containing numerous biographies of painters in alphabetical order. Engr. ill.: front. by Lebas and 2 headpieces by Lemire after Descamps, 168 portraits by Ficquet, Gaillard, Legrand e.a. after Descamps, Eisen and Campion showing i.a. Quinten Metsys, Bernard van Orley, Maarten van Heemskerck, H. Holbein, P. Brueghel, Maarten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert, A. Van Dyck, Jan Steen, Gérard de Lairesse. Titles in red & black. - Ref. Brunet II:608. - Cohen 287. - Conlon 53:598. - Arntzen & Rainwater H88. - Prov. Rop. Chantrett (old ownership entry). - Joined, same author - Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant, avec des réflexions relativement aux arts & quelques gravures. Paris, Desaint, Saillant, Pissot, Durand, 1769. 8vo: xxii-[2]-328-[11-1 bl.] pp.; 6 pl. (some very min. spotting and browning). Contemp. tree-calf, gilt-ruled border on covers, gilt decor. flat spine, black leather title label, marbled endpapers (front joint cracked, def. at head and tail, corners rubbed and bumped). First edition. Ill. with an armorial engr. headpiece by Le Mire and 5 engr. plates mostly showing pulpits; complete with the fold. map. The work lists the artistic riches of Brussels, Leuven, Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Mons, Tournai, Dixmude, etc. Title in red & black. Ref. Conlon 69:728. - Cohen 287. - BnF. (5 vol.)

    Arenberg Auctions
  • DESCAMPS (JEAN-BAPTISTE)
    Jun. 25, 2013

    DESCAMPS (JEAN-BAPTISTE)

    Est: £600 - £800

    La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois..., 4 vol. in 2, first edition, 167 portrait engravings by Eisen, Descamps and Campion, engraved by Ficquet, Bason and Benoist among others, titles printed in red and black, occasional spotting, g.e., contemporary green morocco gilt, tear to upper hinge of vol. one [Cicognara 2253], 8vo, Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, Desaint & Saillant, Pissot, Duranc, 1753-1763

    Bonhams
  • JACQUES-PHILIPPE LEBAS (French 1707-1783) Le
    Jan. 26, 2008

    JACQUES-PHILIPPE LEBAS (French 1707-1783) Le

    Est: $80 - $120

    JACQUES-PHILIPPE LEBAS (French 1707-1783) Le Negociant, colored engraving, after Jean Baptiste Descamps (1715-1791). Contained in marbleized frame. Condition: toning. Dimensions: 12 3/4'' X 10 1/8'', frame 18 5/8'' X 14 1/8''. Provenance: Vernon Regal collection.

    Dargate Auction Galleries
  • Homme nu appuyé contre un rocher, les mains sur la tête
    Mar. 22, 2007

    Homme nu appuyé contre un rocher, les mains sur la tête

    Est: €2,500 - €3,500

    Jean-Baptiste Descamps (Dunkerque 1706-1791 Rouen) Homme nu appuyé contre un rocher, les mains sur la tête signé 'DC' craie noire et blanche, estompe 337 x 368 mm.

    Christie's
  • Attribué à Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1706-1791)
    Nov. 15, 2006

    Attribué à Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1706-1791)

    Est: €600 - €800

    Homme nu vu de dos craie noire, estompe, rehaussé de blanc, sur papier brun clair, filigrane écusson avec fleur de lys 465 x 333 mm.

    Christie's
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