Chats on old prints by Hayden Arthur 1868-1946

Author:Hayden, Arthur, 1868-1946
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Engraving -- Collectors and collecting, Engraving -- Technique, Engraving, Engravers
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin
Published: 1909-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

procure the finest engravings by Nanteuil and Edelinck. Of the latter, who worked almost entirely with the graver, eschewing all aid from etching, there are many fine examples. His John Dry den may be had for 25 s., one of his best prints. Philip de Champagne for slightly less, Rene Descartes for a sovereign, Bossuet, "the Eagle of Meaux," a splendid portrait after Regnault, for iSs.; Heinrich Goltzius the engraver for 12s. These are ridiculous prices, which, be it said, cannot procure the same prints in France, and many of his lesser known portraits may be bought for something under half a sovereign. Such a state of things cannot last much longer. At a time not very far distant fine Dutch delft plates, which must have dated back to the time of William and Mary, were hidden away in dusty corners, only to be disturbed by the wary collector who obtained them for 5s. apiece. But Dutch dealers have altered all this; they have invaded England, and delft ware during the last five years has gone up ten times in value. The English collector's taste is surely at fault somewhere.

Gerard Audran was the Marc Antonio of Gobelins. He was a superlatively masterly interpretative engraver. He set himself to copy Lebrun, but not before he had steeped himself in Italian design. He translated Raphael and Domenichino and studied their work in the Vatican. He was almost more than the interpreter of Lebrun, whose series of the Battles of Alexander occupied the engraver six years. He almost influenced the brush of Lebrun,

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