Jean Pierre Marie Jazet (French, 1788 - 1871). "La Promenade du Jardin Turc - 1810 [after Jean Joseph Bostier de Bez (1780-1845)]". Color engraving, etching, and aquatint, with handcoloring. 1812. An extremely rare proof (1 of 3) before letters. Cream wove paper. The full sheet, deckle edges four sides. An excellent impression. Condition: overall very good, with no serious problems. Literature/catalogue raisonne: See: Beraldi, Volume 9, pg. 229. Provenance: Ex-collection Cortlandt F. Bishop, with his stamp, verso; M. Knoedler, NYC, with their labels from frame back, separate from the print. A rare print even with letters. We could find only three sales at auction, all with letters, in the past 25 years, the last in 1995 (sold at $1,168). "Jean Pierre Marie Jazet was one of the most prominent aquatint engravers of the Napoleonic era. He worked almost exclusively in aquatint, reproducing the paintings of the grand Republican artists such as David, Vernet, de Gros, and Grenier. Although the majority of his prints were patriotic images, he also produced many fine aquatints of pastoral paintings and genre scenes. His fresh images exhibit the beauty of the medium and exemplify his amazing technical ability. His extremely complex prints are fluid yet detailed; they express the beautiful painterly technique of the medium…" Courtesy: Donald A. Heald. Overall size: 16 x 23 3/4 in. (406 x 603 mm). Image size: 12 x 21 7/8 in. (305 x 556 mm). [24412] |1000| {R100}