Roland Oudot Art

ALL THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE SALE OF THIS WORK WILL BE DONATED TO CEAR NGO. ÉXODO (EXODUS) Date of creation: 2006 Medium: Giclée on BFK Rives paper Edition: 150 Size: 65 x 50 cm ...

An original hand-colored engraving on laid paper by English artist William Henry Toms (c.1700-1765) titled "Draught of a Galley", 1737. (Plate 13, Vol. III, page 131). Signed in the plate (printed signature) lower right. Edition size unknown. Comes from the 1737 volume edition of Noël-Antoine Pluche's "La Spectacle de la Nature", translated from the original French by Humphreys as "Nature Displayed", published in London, UK. With two soft vertical folds within paper as issued. Various dealer reference numbers and an old price pencil inscribed in margins and on verso. Recently framed in a Regency style gold leaf moulding with rag matting from Holland and museum glass. The frame is an antique frame we've reused, originally built by Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY. Framed size: 10.25" x 10.25". Sheet size (irregular margins): 6.63" x 8.25". Image size: 4.75" x 6.75". In excellent condition with strong colors and good margins. Rare. William Henry Toms (c. 1700–1765) was an English engraver. He worked on portraits, book-plates, landscapes and prints of buildings. Among his works were the plates for Robert West's "Perspective Views of All the Ancient Churches in London" (1736–1739). In 1741, he worked with Thomas Badeslade on "Chorographia Britanniae or a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales". The maps were republished on 29 September 1742, with additional place names. Among Toms's apprentices was the engraver and publisher John Boydell. W. H. Toms lived in Masham Street, London, and was the father of the painter Peter Toms. Toms died in 1765. Noël-Antoine Pluche (1688-1761) , known as the abbé Pluche, was a French priest...

Attributed to Jacques DUMONT aka DUMONT LE ROMAIN (Paris 1701 - 1781) Presumed portrait of Louis-Joseph de Formanoir (?-1732) Oil on canvas H. 91.5 c...

Henri Auguste Cesar SERRUR (Lambersart, 1794 – Lille, 1876) People's Woman of Venice Oil on canvas Signed, located and dated 65 x 60 cm Venice 1850 Exhibitions: - Paris Salon of 1...

The painting copies a reproduction print after a painting by the French artist Nicolas Vleughels (Paris, 1668-Rome,1737). Edme Jeaurat made the print from 1719. Erato -the muse of love poetry- writes down a love poem that Amor whispers to her and holds a lyre in her other hand. Euterpe -the muse of lyric poetry- with her flutes shows that the pastoral poems are hers. The swans – the animals that pull the chariot of the goddess Venus- symbolize beauty and grace. Although the painter has done his best to reproduce the print, his work shows some weaknesses. Most striking is the rather poor anatomy of Euterpe’s shoulders. Her head also seems randomly stuck to them. The original painting by Nicolas Vleughels was part of a series of four paintings...