Description

Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 37.5 x 30.1 cm. The image size is ca. 36 x 28.3 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 14.8 x 11.9 inch. The image size is ca. 14.1 x 11.1 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Le Lendemain des Nopces’, (‘The day after the wedding’). A peasant feast, with a central figure playing bagpipes, surrounded by throngs of dancing folk. A little further away are tables with people sitting, while to the right a woman tries to help a drunken man stand up. In the right background several men are attacking another with sticks.

Published by Jean, marchand d’estampes in Paris in 1775.

Artists and Engravers: Etched by Martiny & finished by engraving by J.Ph. le Bas after D. Teniers. Jacques Philippe le Bas (1707-1783) was a French engraver. Le Bas was engraver to the Cabinet du Roi and successfully produced engravings after several paintings by different artists. His oeuvre amounts to more than 500 works, including many large portraits after Vernet, and several works after van de Velde, Parrocel, Berchem, Ruysdael, Watteau, Oudry and Lancret.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed within plate mark. Paper rubbing on rear from previous attachment. Left paper edge thin, backed for reinforcement. Small tear in top left margin (minimally affecting image), backed. Horizontal fold-line in bottom text area. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MASTER PRINT-WEDDING FEAST-DANCE-BAGPIPE-MARTINY & LE BAS-TENIERS

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