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Antique Master Print-FORTUNE IS ENEMY OF THE TRUTH-Coelemans-after Veronese-1767

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Artist : Jacques Coelemans, Paolo Calliari called Paolo Veronese
Print Surface : Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint : Original
Listed By : Dealer or Reseller
Material : Engraving
Year of Production : 1767
Type : Print
Subject : Religious
Date of Creation : Pre-1800
Height (Inches) : 14.37
Width (Inches) : 15.35

‘9. QUE LA FORTUNE EST BIZARRE ET ENNEMIE DE LA VERTU …’ (How fortune is bizar and the enemy of the truth …) allegorical scene with a nude female figure and a bearded man in armour holding a sceptre in his left hand and a book in the other. Made by Jacques Coelemans after Paolo Calliari called Paolo Veronese. Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: (present to be determined). Sheet size: 39 x 36.5 cm (15.35 x 14.37 inch). Image size: 32.5 x 27.3 cm. (12.8 x 10.75 inch). Condition: very good, given age. Overall foxing, mostly in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. FORTUNE IS ENEMY OF THE TRUTH-ALLEGORY-FEMALE NUDE PCO-B6-05 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From: ‘Receuil d’Estampes d’apres les tableaux des peintres des plus celebres d’Italie, des Pays Bas et de France …’ by Jacques Coelemans, in the edition (3rd ed. after ed. by Coelamans and Mariette in 1709 and 1744) published by Basan & Poignant from 1767-1797. This series of prints document the collection of Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Eguilles, the engraving of which was started by Sebastien Barras (1653-1703) and Boyer himself, who was also an amateur engraver. Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Marquis d’Eguilles (1650-1709) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and engraver. Jacobus Coelemans or Jacob Coelemans, known in France as Jacques Coelemans (Antwerp, 1654-Aix-en-Provence, 1732) was a Flemish engraver and printmaker, known for his reproductive prints after famous painters and portraits. He trained in his native Antwerp and moved to Aix-en-Provence in France in 1690 where he worked for the remainder of his life. He was a pupil of Frederik Bouttats the younger. In Aix he was hired by Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Aguilles, his patron, Attorney General of the Provence and famous art collector to engrave his entire collection. His work is recognized for its brilliance, good understanding of chiaroscuro and accuracy. Rare. Reference: (for the work) Greasse II, p.14; Dumesnil IV, p.213. Paolo Calliari / Veronese (1532-1588) was an Italian painter/draughtsman from Verona, active in Venice.