Nicolas de Launay (1739-1792), da J. B. Le Prince - "La lettre envoyée"
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Nicolas de Launay (1739–1792), after J. B. Le Prince, created the 1768 etching “La lettre envoyée”, depicting an interior scene.
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Beautiful, large engraving by Nicolas de Launay after the French painter and printmaker Jean Baptiste Le Prince, remembered as the inventor of aquatint.
Trimmed to the platemark, on laid paper, in excellent condition, with only small brown spots along the left margin, outside the printed area (see photo).
Below the image, on the left, “J.B. le Price pinx.”; on the right, “Gravé di N. De Launay, 1768”; in the center, the title and the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Monsieur Radix de Sante Foy, flanked by two lions, together with the dedication; further down, a two-line French inscription in two columns by Guichard, followed by the publication details: “A Paris chez L'Auteur, rue de la Bucherie, la Porte cochére au dessus de celle des Rats”.
Depicted within an oval set inside a rectangle is a woman seated in rich Oriental dress and jewelry, handing a letter with her right hand to an elderly woman to deliver to its recipient.
Produced as a pair with “La lettre rendue”; both were advertised in the Gazette de France (December 5, 1768) and the Mercure (January 1769).
IFF, 38.III.
Beautiful, large engraving by Nicolas de Launay after the French painter and printmaker Jean Baptiste Le Prince, remembered as the inventor of aquatint.
Trimmed to the platemark, on laid paper, in excellent condition, with only small brown spots along the left margin, outside the printed area (see photo).
Below the image, on the left, “J.B. le Price pinx.”; on the right, “Gravé di N. De Launay, 1768”; in the center, the title and the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Monsieur Radix de Sante Foy, flanked by two lions, together with the dedication; further down, a two-line French inscription in two columns by Guichard, followed by the publication details: “A Paris chez L'Auteur, rue de la Bucherie, la Porte cochére au dessus de celle des Rats”.
Depicted within an oval set inside a rectangle is a woman seated in rich Oriental dress and jewelry, handing a letter with her right hand to an elderly woman to deliver to its recipient.
Produced as a pair with “La lettre rendue”; both were advertised in the Gazette de France (December 5, 1768) and the Mercure (January 1769).
IFF, 38.III.
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Artist
Nicolas de Launay (1739-1792), da J. B. Le Prince
Title of artwork
"La lettre envoyée"
Technique
Etching
Signature
Plate signed
Country of origin
France
Year
1768
Condition
Good condition
Height
428 mm
Width
317 mm
Depiction/theme
Interior scene
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Period
18th century
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