Jean François Janinet (1752-1814) after Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)

[Antique print, aquatint] Le Nouvéliste (The Newsmonger), published 1778/79.

Name: [Antique print, aquatint] Le Nouvéliste (The Newsmonger), published 1778/79.
SKU: PR120278
Price: 320.00 EUR
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A beautiful colored aquatint after an original drawing by Adriaen van Ostade showing a group of peasants inside a farm. On the left, woman is feeding a girl, at center a man leaning on the lower part of a double door, and, on the right, a man sitting and reading the news to them. In the background, a spinning wheel and weaving loom.

With the signature of Ostade on the lower left corner: ‘A Ostade 1673.’

The plate is cut within the margins and pasted on a mat. The inscriptions below are therefore missing.

With the print comes a handwitten note that was pasted on the verso of the mat. It reports some significant details on this print and its technique:
‘Aquatint: Francois Janinet Aq: et (col.) Paris: 1752-1813. Introduced the practice of printing in colours with aquatint in France. He used a succession of plates (often 7 or 8 in number) for the different colours. His method of colour was extremely successful in imitating Ostade water colours with their clearly divided tints.
Engraving, Etching: A. M. Hind. Brit. Museum.
The method used here is aquatint strengthened with Etching and with several subsequent printings in colours. The blue in this case is not in exact register.’

SKU: PR120278

Aquatint and etching on paper, pasted on mat; cut within margins; total: 240 x 199 mm; with an extra sheet of paper with handwritten description; in very good condition. Nagler 17, IFF vol. XII nr. 16, Portalis et Beraldi 79, Paignon-Dyonval 2079.

€ 387,20 (€ 320,00 ex. btw)

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