Research Catalog

Title

Sujets de fantaisie [graphic] / Norblin.

Author

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

Publication

1775-1787.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

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

Summary

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

• Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 > Influence
• Artists and models in art
• Bagpipes
• Books and reading in art
• Crutches
• People with disabilities in art
• Monks in art
• Musicians in art
• Polish people in art
• Prayer in art
• Ratcatchers
• Street music

Genre/Form

Etchings – French – 18th century.

Note

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

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

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

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

• 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)
• 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

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG97-F572

Author

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

Title

Sujets de fantaisie [graphic] / Norblin.

Imprint

1775-1787.

Restricted Access

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

Cite As:

S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

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

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC