The Erotic Music Lesson, Fine Old Master Engraving After Lancret




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Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:1247370Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Date of Creation: Pre-1800Signed: Signed
Features: MattedFramed/Unframed: Unframed
Subject: Figures & PortraitsStyle: Rococo
Print Surface: PaperListed By: Dealer or Reseller
Original Description:
Auction description The Erotic Music Lesson, fine Old Master Engraving after LancretThe author of this somewhat dreamy and poetic 18th century engraving is the important graphic artist Jacques Philippe Lebas (1707-1783), who was basing his work on an elegant painting by the great Nicholas Lancret. The subject is a music lesson, in a garden space located somewhere between the real world and mythology. The young man is offering a music lesson to the girl, who is fingering a recorder, as... two attendants, male and female, look on.  Behind them, the statue of a giant, a saucy expression on his face; he grasps a wooden cornetto. It is, of course, a lesson in love. Both wind instruments, recorder and cornetto, have symbolized erotic play since the Renaissance; and so, the picture can be "read" and enjoyed on different levels.Dimensions, including the old mat, probably from the 19th century, are about  18 inches by 21.5 inches.    Condition is fair, with very considerable toning and fading, giving the whole thing a certain fantasy, never-never land effect.  Personally, I enjoy this "look." The mat has some grime and small rip at the right margin. A sharper print of this image sold at a 1996 Christie's auction in London for about $340. Another exemplar is in the collection of the British Museum.  My starting price for this one is very modest, and there is real pleasure to be had from this antique work of art. Shipping for this large piece  will be $20 within the U.S.And to see what else I have for sale, please click here.



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