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  • L. CATHELIN (*1739) after WILLE (*1748), The distressing news, Copper engraving
    May. 04, 2025

    L. CATHELIN (*1739) after WILLE (*1748), The distressing news, Copper engraving

    Est: €300 - €400

    Louis Jacques Cathelin (1739 Paris - 1804 ibid.) after Pierre Alexander Wille (1748 Paris - 1821 ibid.): "La nouvelle affligeant", lady reveals letter hiding place, 18th century, Copper engraving Technique: Hand colored Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Signed below the image in the printing plate: "Wille [.] pinx. | Cathelin sculp." Date: 18th century Description: The French painter Pierre-Alexandre Wille (1748 Paris - 1821 ibid.) was the son of the court copper engraver of King Louis XV Johann Georg Wille (1715 near Giessen - 1808 Paris) and received an early artistic education. Until the French Revolution he created numerous pictures with genre motifs or with political content, also in the environment of the French court. His depictions are characterised by the masterly use of folds in the robe and the depiction of materiality, as well as the expressive shaping of facial expressions and emotions.The present sheet was engraved by the French engraver Louis-Jacques Cathelin, who specialised in portraits, and shows a seated aristocratic lady with a folded, fur-covered coat and an elegant headdress. She has raised her eyes to the sky, apparently in response to a spontaneous emotion, and opened her left hand in a helpless incapacity to act. The reason for this excitement, masterfully rendered here in copper, could be the letter in the lady's right hand, which she has obviously just pulled out of its hiding place in a box. The content is indecipherable but obviously shocking. On an ornate cabinet on the wall behind the lady is a small porcelain figure of an Asian who appears to be mocking the lady with an outstretched finger. The emotional scene is framed in an oval shape by a fictitious frame and surrounded by rose and lily blossoms. A medallion at the foot of the frame shows a miniature scene of a sailboat in distress. This is a very beautiful sheet, which was produced as a proof print even before the writing (avant la lettre). Keywords: Lady portrait, Fashion, Courtly, Letter, Post, Friendship, Message, 18th century, Classicism, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 50,0 cm x 36,6 cm (19,7 x 14,4 in), Plate: 46,0 cm x 34,6 cm (18,1 x 13,6 in), Depiction: 41,7 cm x 31,9 cm (16,4 x 12,6 in)

    Fichter Kunsthandel
  • Soldiers playing dice.
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Soldiers playing dice.

    Est: €100 - €150

    Engraving, 36,5 x 44,6 cm, laid paper (few marg. ms. notes, few sm. tears on edges). - Large print by Louis Jacques Cathelin (c. 1739-1804) after Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632), heavily influenced by Caravaggio (1571-1610). Proof before the signature, address and dedication to the French writer and politician Charles, Marquis de Villette (1736-1793). - Ref. IFF 18e IV.39.91.

    Arenberg Auctions
  • L.-J. CATHELIN (1738 - 1804) after C. J. VERNET (1714 - 1789) "Le soir"
    Dec. 19, 2023

    L.-J. CATHELIN (1738 - 1804) after C. J. VERNET (1714 - 1789) "Le soir"

    Est: €125 - €150

    LOUIS-JACQUES CATHELIN (1738 - 1804) after CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET (1714 - 1789) "Le soir. Dedié to Monsieur le Marquis de Marigny" Coloured engraving 46 x 57 cm 125 - 150 €

    Bayeu Subastas
  • Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Louis Tocque.
    Mar. 25, 2017

    Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Louis Tocque.

    Est: €200 - €300

    Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Louis Tocque. 1773. I. F. F. XVIIIe, tome 4, numero 46. Burin d' apres Nattier. 240 x 347 (trait carre) ; 245 x 350 (feuille). Belle epreuve sur verge, rognee a l' interieur du coup de planche. Reste de montage au dos.

    Leclere - Maison de ventes
  • Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Marie-Antoinette, archiduchesse d' Autriche, reine de France.
    Mar. 25, 2017

    Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Marie-Antoinette, archiduchesse d' Autriche, reine de France.

    Est: €150 - €200

    Louis-Jacques CATHELIN. Marie-Antoinette, archiduchesse d' Autriche, reine de France. Gower numero 77 ; I. F.F XVIIIe, tome 4, numero 64. Eau-forte et Burin d' apres Jean-Martial Fredou. 411 x 290 (c. de pl.) ; 470 x 335 (feuille). Tres belle epreuve sur verge. Pli casse dans le coin inferieur gauche de la feuille, sans atteinte au sujet. Petits trous de ver dans la marge inferieure gauche. Restes de montages au verso. Bonnes marges.

    Leclere - Maison de ventes
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