LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)

Christ in Glory

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LÉON DAVENT (ACTIVE 1540-1556) AFTER GIULIO ROMANO (CIRCA 1499-1545)
Christ in Glory
etching, circa 1540, on laid paper, watermark Letters and Fleur-de-Lys under Quatrefoil (similar to Briquet 7080, probably from the Nivelle paper mill, Troyes, circa 1542), a good impression of this large, rare print, trimmed to or just inside the platemark, with thread margins in places, with a vertical central fold, the upper left corner made up, a few other small repairs and short tears mainly at the sheet edges, some minor thin spots and pale staining
Sheet 404 x 549 mm.

Literature

Bartsch 9; Zerner 54
C. Jenkins, Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c. 1542-47, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2017, LD 54, p. 74-77 (another impression illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Jenkins records 13 impressions in public collections and one in a private collection, excluding the present one.
The composition seems to be based on a drawing by Giulio Romano (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille (Pluchart 462), possibly a preparatory drawing for a Resurrection for the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, which in turn appears to have been inspired by a drawing by Raphael (Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne). (See Jenkins, p. 74).
We are greatful to Catherine Jenkins, London, for her help in cataloguing this lot.

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