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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Claude Gellée, known as Le Lorrain, Harbour with a large tower, ca. 1641

Claude Gellée, known as Le Lorrain

Harbour with a large tower, ca. 1641
Etching
12.9 x 19.5 cm
5 1/8 x 7 5/8 in
€ 14,000.00
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Etching, 129 x 195 mm. Mannocci 39, 3rd state (of 6). Impression of the 3rd state (of 6) with the scratches still visible in the upper right corner, but before...
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Etching, 129 x 195 mm. Mannocci 39, 3rd state (of 6).
Impression of the 3rd state (of 6) with the scratches still visible in the upper right corner, but before the tiny horizontal lines to the right of the large tower and before the vertical scratch at the centre of the top edge (4th state).
Fine impression printed on laid watermarked paper (Fleur-de-lys in a crowned circle, quoted by Mannocci for impressions of the 3rd state). In very good condition. Tiny light foxmarks. Some inscriptions written in pencil on the reverse of the sheet. Thread margins all around the platemark.
Provenance: Franz Josef von Enzenberg (1802-1879), with his stamp slightly faded on the reverse (Lugt 845). "Count Franz Jozef von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jöchelsthurn, a member of the Austrian "Herrenhaus" and holder of various titles, devoted more than half a century to assembling a considerable collection of prints." (Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, L. 845, translated by us). Marcel Lecomte (1916-1996), his stamp on the verso (Lugt 5684).
The light of the setting sun stretches the shadows of the figures and bathes the harbour in diffuse brightness. Claude Gellée succeeded in rendering this evening atmosphere by removing or softening with a burnisher certain details that were too sharp in the first state, in particular in the sky and on the towers on the left, at the level of the windows still hit by the sun. One thinks of the diffuse blond light of the setting sun that suffuses the sky, the buildings of the harbour, the ships and the characters on the quay of Port de mer au soleil couchant [Sea Port at Sunset], painted by Gellée in 1639, kept in the Louvre Museum.
The preparatory drawing for this print is kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Lino Manocci noted on its front the incision marks that were used to transfer the drawing onto the copperplate.
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Provenance

Former collection of Franz Josef von Enzenberg (1802-1879), with his stamp slightly faded on the reverse (Lugt 845). "Count Franz Jozef von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jöchelsthurn, a member of the Austrian "Herrenhaus" and holder of various titles, devoted more than half a century to assembling a considerable collection of prints." (Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, L. 845, translated by us). Former Marcel Lecomte (1916-1996) collection, his stamp on the reverse (Lugt 5684).
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