Étienne Fessard (1714–1777) The Four Arts Depicted by Children (Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music). 1756. Engraved after C. van Loo. 292 x 343 mm. I.F.F. 364–367. Complete set of 4 plates. Fine prints on laid paper, trimmed to the block or slightly beyond it, formerly washed, the title block slightly gray. A few minor imperfections on the edges have been restored. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). The subjects are inscribed in the title block “To Madame de Pompadour, Lady of the Queen’s Palace.” "The prints were announced in the *Mercure* of September 1756. The originals—four door panels for the Château de Bellevue—were exhibited at the 1753 Salon [...] They were sold at the auction of the Marquis de Ménars in late February 1782 .” (Inventory of the French Collection, 18th-Century Engravers, vol. IX, p. 73).
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€800 - €1,000
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31.8%
Étienne Fessard (1714–1777)
The Four Arts Depicted by Children (Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music). 1756. Engraved after C. van Loo. 292 x 343 mm. I.F.F. 364–367. Complete set of 4 plates. Fine prints on laid paper, trimmed to the block or slightly beyond it, formerly washed, the title block slightly gray. A few minor imperfections on the edges have been restored. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075).
The subjects are inscribed in the title block “To Madame de Pompadour, Lady of the Queen’s Palace.”
"The prints were announced in the *Mercure* of September 1756. The originals—four door panels for the Château de Bellevue—were exhibited at the 1753 Salon [...] They were sold at the auction of the Marquis de Ménars in late February 1782 .” (Inventory of the French Collection, 18th-Century Engravers, vol. IX, p. 73).
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