Fine large half-length portrait engraving by Jean-Louis Roullet (1645-1699) after Paulus Mignard (1639-1691) of the distinguished composer in formal dress holding a rolled musical manuscript
by LULLY, Jean-Baptiste 1632-1687
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Syosset, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Se vend à Paris rue St. Jacques chez la veuve Audran aux 2 Piliers dor, 1680. Plate impression 515 x 348 mm. + wide margins, sheet size 558 x 420 mm. Portrait within oval border lettered with Lully's name and position, 6 lines of laudatory verse on a decorative cloth draped over a plinth below.
Browning to edges of margins; two small (3 mm.) spots of foxing. In very good condition overall.
Manuscript note to verso indicating that the print was sold by the print shop at the Louvre in Paris.
A very fine impression. Second state, later impression, undated, distinguished by the addition of the publisher's name and address at lower right corner and the privilege statement added below the engraver's name. BnF Notice no. FRBNF39623338. Collection Musicale André Meyer, Vol. II, plate 147 (before letters, with the engraver given as Edelinck). Yale University Art Gallery Accession Number: 1984.54.151.
"Lully, regarded throughout Enlightenment Europe as the leading figure in French music, created a style which was truly his own, drawing on many sources which he was probably better able to assimilate than anyone else in his time. The language he forged, and to which he sometimes brought exceptional breadth, could leave no one indifferent, and it still attracts audiences today with its power, clarity, equilibrium, coherence, poetry and exquisite sensitivity." Jérôme de La Gorce in Grove Music Online.
A fine early engraving of the composer.
Browning to edges of margins; two small (3 mm.) spots of foxing. In very good condition overall.
Manuscript note to verso indicating that the print was sold by the print shop at the Louvre in Paris.
A very fine impression. Second state, later impression, undated, distinguished by the addition of the publisher's name and address at lower right corner and the privilege statement added below the engraver's name. BnF Notice no. FRBNF39623338. Collection Musicale André Meyer, Vol. II, plate 147 (before letters, with the engraver given as Edelinck). Yale University Art Gallery Accession Number: 1984.54.151.
"Lully, regarded throughout Enlightenment Europe as the leading figure in French music, created a style which was truly his own, drawing on many sources which he was probably better able to assimilate than anyone else in his time. The language he forged, and to which he sometimes brought exceptional breadth, could leave no one indifferent, and it still attracts audiences today with its power, clarity, equilibrium, coherence, poetry and exquisite sensitivity." Jérôme de La Gorce in Grove Music Online.
A fine early engraving of the composer.
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- Seller
- J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 39425
- Title
- Fine large half-length portrait engraving by Jean-Louis Roullet (1645-1699) after Paulus Mignard (1639-1691) of the distinguished composer in formal dress holding a rolled musical manuscript
- Author
- LULLY, Jean-Baptiste 1632-1687
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Se vend à Paris rue St. Jacques chez la veuve Audran aux 2 Piliers dor
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1680
- Keywords
- 17th century French music iconography, 17th century French music prints, 17th century French music engravings, 17th century French music, portraits of 17th century French composers
Terms of Sale
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
All items may be returned within 7 days of receipt, packed, shipped and insured as received.
About the Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Syosset, New York
About J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Established in 1977, our firm is recognized as one of the leading international dealers in musical autographs and manuscripts; rare printed music; rare books, prints, drawings and ephemera relating to music and dance dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries.We were honored to be interviewed by Final Note Magazine. To read the article please go to the following URL: http://www.finalnotemagazine.com/music-antiquarians-john-and-jude-lubrano/
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