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Shepherd Leading a Lion (Androcles)

1730

$2,500
£1,895.48
€2,212.88
CA$3,574.76
A$3,629.87
CHF 2,072.12
MX$43,860.81
NOK 24,340.49
SEK 24,274.08
DKK 16,543.05

About the Item

(after Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi) Paris: Imprimerie Royale, c1730. Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks (olive, brown, tan), and aquatint on buff laid paper with a heart and crescent moon watermark, 12 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (328 x 205 mm); sheet 14 x 9 1/8 inches (356 x 232 mm) one-inch margins. From a drawing by Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi. In very good condition with minor surface soiling and attenuation. Condition is consistent with age. A fine example of this work, which is plate No. 85 from the series Le Cabinet di Monsieur Crozat. Etching by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus. An impression of this fine work may be viewed in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object No. 60.708(3). A shepherd holding a lion on a leash in the foreground, in the middle ground the shepherd stands in a meadow surrounded by wild beasts, in the background the shepherd is seated on a rock with the lion at his side; from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France, Cabinet Crozat' after a drawing by Baldassare Peruzzi.
  • Creation Year:
    1730
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.92 in (32.8 cm)Width: 8.08 in (20.5 cm)
  • Medium:
    Laid Paper,Woodcut,Aquatint
  • Movement & Style:
    Old Masters
  • After:
    Nicolas Lesueur (1690 - 1764, French)
  • Period:
    Early 18th Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Middletown, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BH23531stDibs: LU1979217465262

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