Petitot, Ennemond-Alexandre (1727-1801)
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Mascarade à la grecque.Parme, Benigno Bossi, 1771
Large folio engravings (500 x 334 mm), mounted under passe-partout. Housed in a modern half-vellum case.
Illustration: engraved dedication, allegorical title, and nine costume plates engraved by Bossi after Petitot.
Sotheby's Paris, Bibliothèque d'un érudit bibliophile: Rome et l'Italie, 12 October 2010, lot. 286.
Colas, II , 2334. -- Cohen-de Ricci, 178.
On a titled plate, “The Author of the Figures à la Grecque,” the French architect Petitot, in the service of the Duke of Parma and Professor at the Academy of Parma, depicts himself in a costume that is half-Greek, half-Egyptian, holding in his hands a cathedral plan and a compass.
The other engravings are titled: “Shepherd à la Grecque,” “Shepherdess à la Grecque,” “The Groom à la Grecque,” “The Bride à la Grecque,” “Young Monk à la Grecque,” “Vivandière à la Grecque,” “Priestess à la Grecque,” and “Grenadier à la Grecque.” Each shows grotesque costumes composed of architectural elements in the neo-classical style.
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