Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

1. 26 prints : etching, drypoint; 23.8 x 21.4 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Etchings of fanciful subjects including artists, bagpipes, books and reading, a man on crutches, a monk praying, a ratcatcher and street musicians. The subjects of some of the prints are presumably Polish. One print is a reproduction of a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn; other prints reflect his influence. Some prints are present in more than one state.

Subject

1. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 > Influence
2. Artists and models in art
3. Bagpipes
4. Books and reading in art
5. Crutches
6. People with disabilities in art
7. Monks in art
8. Musicians in art
9. Polish people in art
10. Prayer in art
11. Ratcatchers
12. Street music

Genre/Form

1. Etchings – French – 18th century.

Contents

1. H14. Le scribe (2nd state) -- H15. L'invention du dessin (4th state) -- H15. L'invention du dessin (7th state) -- H16. Les adieux (2nd state) -- H16. Les adieux (3rd state) -- H17. La liseuse (2nd state) -- H17. La liseuse (another impression)
2. H18. Le petit philosophe (3rd state) -- H19. Le dessinateur (1st state) -- H19. Le dessinateur (5th state) -- H20. La charité polonaise (2nd state) -- H20. La charité polonaise (3rd state) -- H21. L'alcove (1st state) -- H22. La méditation (1st state) -- H22. La méditation (2nd state) -- H22. La méditation (3rd state) -- H23. Le chroniqueur -- H24. L'homme aux béquilles (1st state) -- H24. L'homme aux béquilles (1st state) -- H24. L'homme aux béquilles (2nd state) -- H25. Le grand marchand de mort-aux-rats (2nd state) -- H27. Le grand joueur de cornemuse (1st state) -- H27. Le grand joueur de cornemuse (2nd state) -- H28. Le petit joueur de cornemuse (2nd state) -- H29. Le moine en prière (1st state) -- H29. Le moine en prière (2nd state)

Call number

1. MEZAC

Note

1. Title from Frédéric Hillemacher, Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Cite as (note)

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Frédéric Hillemacher, Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin.

Provenance (note)

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Author

1. Norblin de La Gourdaine, Jean-Pierre, 1745-1830.

Title

1. Sujets de fantaisie [graphic] / Norblin.

Imprint

1. 1775-1787.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite as:

1. S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

1. Holdings checked in departmental copy of Frédéric Hillemacher, Catalogue des estampes qui composent l'oeuvre de Jean-Pierre Norblin.

Provenance

1. Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added author

1. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
2. S.P. Avery Collection.

Research call number

1. MEZAC