Mid-18th Century Art

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of Europe Drawn from the Best Authorities Assisted by the Most Improved Modern Charts and Maps." by E...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Hydra Crater Corvus Sextans Virgo London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star a...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Accurate Map of the East Indies Exhibiting the Course of the European Trade both on the Continent and Islands" by Emanu...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Andromeda Perseus Triangulum London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas ...

The Battle of Fontenoy is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etchin...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Eyes is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Cetus London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas published up to that ti...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through con...

Provenance: • Bought from Sicart in Lyon by the Marquis de Chennevières (1820 - 1899) - Chennevières Collection (stamped lower left - Lugt 2072) • Inscribed on the back of the mount "Salle 10/Delestre, 27 February 1899” • Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot during the second Chennevières sale (4 to 7 April 1900, n°44) as François Boucher - number 44 (sold for 18 francs to Roblin) • Sold in Paris at the Hôtel Drouot, 4 and 5 March 1901, n°12 as François Boucher Bibliography: this drawing is cited by Chennevières in "Une collection de dessins d'artistes français" (chapter XVIII, page 24-25) and is number 1033 of the Catalogue de la Collection Chennevières compiled by Louis-Antoine Prat with the collaboration of Laurence Lhinares. This well-documented drawing was given to Boucher by the Marquis de Chennevières, one of the most important collectors of drawings at the end of the 19th century. While the landscape is reminiscent of Boucher's other landscape drawings, our drawing was probably modified at a later stage by the addition of the two figures in the right foreground and by the slight enhancement of the horizon line behind them. 1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency, and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics, and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale...

18th-century signs of the zodiac FLAMSTEED, John. Gemini London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and ...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of The Whole Russian Empire, As Contain'd Both In Europe and Asia, Drawn from Authentic Journals, Sur...

The Study of Hand after Bouchardon is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Berger au pied d’une fontaine dans un paysage Milieu du XVIIIe s. Huile sur toile 156 x 121 cm. Provenance Probablement vente anonyme, Rouen, Me Fournier, 10-11 mars 1975, n°260 ; Ve...

Portrait is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Lyra Cygnus Lacerta Vulpec & Anser Sagitta London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accur...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

Ears is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....

Anatomy Studies Muscles after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through ...

English School, 18th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 53 x 45 inches canvas: 48 x 40 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall very presentable...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Camelopardal & Auriga London, C. Nourse, 1753. Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...

Countryside is an etching realized by Pierre-François Laurent in 18th Century. Good conditions. Signed on plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Landscape is an etching realized by Pierre Quentin Chedel in 1755. Good conditions. Signed on Plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized f...

Landscape is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was rea...

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7" Black c...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Eridanus Orion Lepus London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star atlas publish...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confi...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...

Methode Pour Le Dessein is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was ...

Anatomy Studies Muscles is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident stro...

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Cassiopea Cephus Ursa Minor Draco London, C. Nourse, 1753. A fine star chart from the Atlas Coelestis, the largest and most accurate star ...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Heads Proportion is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

Eyes is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. T...

Ears is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

Skeleton after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident stroke...

Portraits after Giulio Romano is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etch...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident s...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was real...

Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident...

Skeleton after Titian is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through conf...

Landscape is an etching realized by Pierre-François Laurent in 1755. Good condition. Signed on Plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized ...

Hands and Feet is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.

18th-century celestial FLAMSTEED, John. Aquila Sagitta.Vulpecula & Anser Delphinus London, C. Nourse, 1753. Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by ...

Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was...

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le rire N°12" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In quite good condition, stains vsibl...

This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by order of the Emperor. The whole bein...