Accession number
PML 198162, fol. 64, no. 2
Creator
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722, printmaker.
Published
[Paris] : [Gregoire Dupuis], [1719]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2018.
Notes
Second state, after additional work was done on the overall design to emphasize the shadows.
Engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 144 (Book III, fable 3), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 144 (Book III, fable 3), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; image: 74 x 93 mm; sheet: 91 x 110 mm
Provenance
Acquired in Paris by Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton (1720-1794), Duke of Newcastle, Clumber Library, ca. 1750 (his arms on the front cover); by descent until his library was dispersed at Christie's, London, in four parts between 21 June 1937 and 14 February 1938; Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986), Jardin de Flore, Paris, Cent livres illustrés du XV au XX siècle (1977), item 40; Librarie Fernand de Nobele, Paris, Livres sur les beaux-arts, les arts decoratifs et les objets de collection, bibliographie, imprimerie (1981), lot no. 39204; André Jammes (b. 1927), Paris; sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 28 November 2018, lot 3.
Summary
Illustration shows an elaborate fireworks display takes place around a monument surmounted with statues; at the top of this display is a statue of a goddess holding a shield, a standard and wearing a helmet; this monument is placed int the middle of a rectangular basin of water; in the foreground at right, two spectators are seated and two others are standing; at left, a shrub can be seen, with branches stretching out.
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