Accession number
PML 198162, fol. 78-80
Creator
Gillot, Claude, 1673-1722, printmaker.
Published
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [18th century]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2018.
Notes
The first state of Gillot's ten etchings, before all letters and the addition of the border, and before the prints were finished by the engraver and before the floor, shadows, and feet of the figures were redone.
One of a set of 10 theatrical portraits or costume plates by Claude Gillot, described by Populus under the collective title "Les portraits d'acteurs".
"The plates were unfinished at the time of Gillot's death. Later, they were finished with engraved lines, and titles (the actors' names) added. Populus and the BN Inventaire highlight the significance of the title given to the series by Mariette, 'Habits de theatre et de ballets', as it implies that Gillot did not see the series as a set of portraits, but as a set of costume plates."--Fitzwilliam Museum online catalog.
Individual prints cataloged separately.
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).
Prints trimmed within plate mark.
One of a set of 10 theatrical portraits or costume plates by Claude Gillot, described by Populus under the collective title "Les portraits d'acteurs".
"The plates were unfinished at the time of Gillot's death. Later, they were finished with engraved lines, and titles (the actors' names) added. Populus and the BN Inventaire highlight the significance of the title given to the series by Mariette, 'Habits de theatre et de ballets', as it implies that Gillot did not see the series as a set of portraits, but as a set of costume plates."--Fitzwilliam Museum online catalog.
Individual prints cataloged separately.
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).
Prints trimmed within plate mark.
Description
10 prints : etching ; sheets: 165 x 119 mm or smaller.
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.
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