Etienne (1518/1519 - 1583) d'après Baptiste Pellerin (actif de 1549 à 1575)

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Etienne (1518/1519 - 1583) d'après Baptiste Pellerin (actif de 1549 à 1575)
Combats, circa 1550-1555 Three chisel engravings on paper 6.6 x 22 cm The first, signed S, lower right, and inscribed, in the centre, - Cum - privilegio - Regis -. The second, signed Stephanus fecit and S, lower right, and inscribed, in the centre, Cum pri Reg. The third, signed S, bottom left, and inscribed, following, Cum - privilegio - Regis -. All from the 1st state out of 4, all trimmed at the margin line. Robert-Dumesnil IX.89.286/289/291 Provenance: Private collection from the North of France Like many goldsmiths of the Renaissance in search of additional income, Etienne Delaune devoted himself to the art of engraving, already having the necessary technical equipment at hand. A tireless worker, we owe him 444 engravings, according to the great draftsmen of his time: Rosso, Primatice, Jean Cousin, Baptiste Pellerin, etc. Delaune distinguished himself for his taste and his mastery of miniature work, very well adapted to the demands of other craftsmen, goldsmiths, enamellers, glassmakers, looking for motifs to reproduce in their own productions. This fortunate commercial positioning is the cause of the omnipresence of Delaune's works in the French decorative arts of the 16th century. This set of three prints belongs to a cycle of eight Combats, today difficult to find with integrity. This cycle is itself part of the largest production of engravings on virile aristocratic subjects with the Hunts, the and the Triumphs, ideal for decorating weapons or elements of ceremonial armour. A round shield, made for Henry II, with a decoration directly copied from his engravings of Combat, and dated 1556, allows us to locate their executions from 1550-1555 (fig. 1). The horizontal format and the black background, unusual among French engravers, is borrowed from the "little Germanic masters", in particular Barthel Beham (1502-1540), while the invention of the models was the work of Baptiste Pellerin. The Combat, which Ro
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