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| Id |
18130 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
GAILLARD, René (ca 1719-1790) |
| Title |
Le Concert Russien. Dédié à Monsieur Lempereur, ancien Echevin de la Ville de Paris. Gravé d'après le Tableau Original qui est dans le Cabinet de Monsieur Lempereur, Par son très humble et très obeisant serviteur Gaillard. |
| Place |
Paris |
| Publisher |
chez l'Auteur |
| Publication Date |
[1768?] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Frame = 62 x 49cm, image = 493 x 368mm. |
| Description |
Mounted and framed (black with gilt motifs). The Russian concert depicts a comfortable interior with furniture, heavy drapery, oriental rug and incense burner: a woman standing between two men is listening to two musicians (one of Eastern origin) sitting on the right and playing a zither and a five-stringed balalaika. Etching finished with some engraving. Etching by Gaillard after the painting by Jean Baptiste le Prince (1734-1781). Advertised for sale in the "Gazette de France" of 28 October 1768. |
| Reference |
Catalogue raisonné du cabinet d'estampes par feu M. Winckler, tome quatrième: L'école françoise, no.3251. |
| Price |
£650.00 |
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