Jules Courtin Etching on Silk After Ferdinand Roybet "The Drinking Song"

Item Details

By Hand, In Plate

An etching on silk by Jules Courtin after Ferdinand Roybet, titled The Drinking Song. This print depicts a violinist happily playing a song while a man in a Renaissance era ruffled coat and hat looks onward, clutching at a goblet of wine and jug. The composition is rendered with delicate cross-hatched marks. To the lower margins is an in-plate facsimile signature and in-plate artist signature, which is complemented by a remarque illustration of musical notes and a graphite signature below. The print is presented under glass in a black wooden frame with hanging wire to the verso.

Condition

- to poor; toning, dirt and stains throughout print; nicks and scratches around frame; black paint is lifting from the wood; corners of print buckling; paper backing stained, torn and held with tape.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures: 13.50" W x 18.75" H.

Item #

17ATL112-194