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MILLIN de Grandmaison, Aubin-Louis (1759-1818)
Painting from an Etruscan vase [Pl. XIII]
[Pl. XIII]. [Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. Image size (including text): 10 3/8 x 15 inches. Sheet size: 16 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches.
A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style.
This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée Napoleon, the Bibliothèque impériale, and the Sèvres porcelain manufactury as his source, the publisher, Dubois Maisonneuve, stated that his intention was to provide a series of plates of the highest quality illustrating the breath-taking scenes depicted by the unknown masters who decorated the Etruscan vases of antiquity. The plates were also intended as exemplars for contemporary artists, with the publisher noting that the images offered a wonderful source of inspiration: a sentiment that is still true today.
Cf. Brunet II, 848; cf. Blackmer 1129
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#9003 $700.00 
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© 2002-2005 Donald A. Heald
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