Jupiter and Callisto.

Vienna & Augsburg / Paris, Negotium Academiae / Gilles Rosselin, 18th c

€ 200 / 300

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Mezzotint, 33,8 x 42,7 cm, wove paper, signed at bottom left: "F. Boucher Pinx." and right: "Gravé par Gabriel Bodenehr", address at bottom left: "Negotium Academiae excudit Viennae et Aug. Vind.", title and 2nd address in lower margin at centre: "Jupiter et Calisto. / à Paris chez Rosselin.", numbered 52 at top right (few creases and spots).

Under passe-partout and gilt frame (not studied outside frame). Wide margins.

Jupiter in the guise of Diana with the nymph Callisto. German mezzotint after the painting by François Boucher in Kansas City (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, inv. 32-29).
Joined: Daudet, Robert. Dietrich, Christian Wilhelm Ernst (after) - Pastoral scene. 18th c. Hand-coloured engraving, 39,0 x 48,1 cm, wove paper, signed at bottom left: "Peint par C. W. F. Dietriey" and right: "Gravé par R. Daudet.", title in lower margin at centre: "L'après Midi." (some spots). Under passe-partout and frame (not studied outside frame). (2 pcs)