FRANÇOIS-EUGÈNE BURNEY (1845-1907), AFTER JEAN ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)
Lot 293

FRANÇOIS-EUGÈNE BURNEY (1845-1907), AFTER JEAN ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)

La Chocolatière (two working proofs)

Closed10 December 2019

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FRANÇOIS-EUGÈNE BURNEY (1845-1907), AFTER JEAN ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (1702-1789)
La Chocolatière (two working proofs)
two engravings, 1885, the first on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper, the second on wove paper without watermark, very fine impressions, two working proofs of different stages, the first proof signed in pencil, each with small margins, the first proof with some short repaired tears at the lower sheet edge, each with some soft creases, otherwise in good condition
Plate 540 x 359 mm., Sheet 582 x 400 mm. (and similar)

Specialist note

This lot comprises two previously unrecorded working proofs of Burney's engraving of 1885 after Liotard's famous pastel La Chocolatière, from ‎circa 1743-44. The pastel, now in the Kunstsammlungen at Dresden, is possibly Liotard's most famous and certainly his most repoduced work.