Jean-Etienne Liotard
The Large Self-Portrait
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master Prints, Lot 128
2. Jul - 2. Jul 2024
Old Master Prints, Lot 128
2. Jul - 2. Jul 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)
The Large Self-Portrait
mezzotint with roulette and engraving
circa 1778-80
on laid paper, watermark Name of Jesus in a Circle (similar to Gaudriault 737, dated circa 1770)
a brilliant, luminous impression of this very rare and important print
an undescribed, early working proof before the first state (of two), printing with richly black areas in the background, on the jacket and the backrest of the chair, presumably where the burnishing of the mezzotint has not been completed, with sharp plate edges
with wide margins, scattered foxing and a few tears in the margins
the subject in very good condition
Plate 482 x 399 mm. - Probably Henri-Albert Gosse (1753-1816), Geneva; then by descent wit
The Large Self-Portrait
mezzotint with roulette and engraving
circa 1778-80
on laid paper, watermark Name of Jesus in a Circle (similar to Gaudriault 737, dated circa 1770)
a brilliant, luminous impression of this very rare and important print
an undescribed, early working proof before the first state (of two), printing with richly black areas in the background, on the jacket and the backrest of the chair, presumably where the burnishing of the mezzotint has not been completed, with sharp plate edges
with wide margins, scattered foxing and a few tears in the margins
the subject in very good condition
Plate 482 x 399 mm. - Probably Henri-Albert Gosse (1753-1816), Geneva; then by descent wit
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