Gilles DEMARTEAU
1722 Liege – 1776 Paris
Tête de Grec Moderne [Head of a Modern Greek] – before 1764
Crayon-manner etching and engraving in bistre after Charles Parrocel (French, 1688 – 1752). Size of sheet: 52 x 38.5 cm. Inscribed: “Parrocel in.” (at lower left); “Demarteau Scul. C P R” (lower right); “Du Cabinet de Mr. Lempereur” (at lower margin); “No I” (top left margin). Collector’s mark verso.
Leymarie, 1896, No.1, IFF 6:1 (II/II).
Provenance: Nils Petrus Rapp (1882 in Upsala – 1974 Stockholm) (Lugt 2130a).
Beautiful impression with full margins around the platemark on heavy watermarked laid paper (Gaudriault 300: Chaplet with Maltese cross). Slight thinning of paper on the right (verso) and some very light staining in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition.
Comparative impressions: Biblioteque Nationale de France - inv.no. FRBNF44547204.