Lot 105
Lot 105
MARCUS DE BYE (LA HAYE 1639- APRÈS 1688 GRAVE), D'APRÈS PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)

Suite complète de huit études de léopards

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EUR 15,000 - EUR 20,000
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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MARCUS DE BYE (LA HAYE 1639- APRÈS 1688 GRAVE), D'APRÈS PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)

Suite complète de huit études de léopards

Closed: 22 Nov 2024
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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MARCUS DE BYE (LA HAYE 1639- APRÈS 1688 GRAVE), D'APRÈS PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)
Suite complète de huit études de léopards
l'un signé ‘[…] By[…]’ (verso), titré ‘Paul Potter/delineavit/ ad vivum./ M. de Bye fecit./ N. Vissher excud.’ (sur la page de titre) et chaque feuille numérotée de 2 à 8 (en bas à droite) et ‘P.10. N°. 25. b’ à ‘P.10. N°. 32. b’ (en haut à droite)
plume et encre brune, filigrane blason coupé
15 x 18,7 cm (6 x 738 in.)
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MARCUS DE BYE, AFTER PAULUS POTTER, A COMPLETE SET OF EIGHT LEOPARD, PEN AND BROWN INK, SIGNED, TITLED AND NUMBERED

Like the present series, many of De Bye's etchings were made after Paulus Potter. This information is known thanks to the indications on the engraved fronstispiece, but Potter's original drawings do not seem to have been found for the moment. Marcus de Bye's biographers recognise in him ‘great truth in the characters of the various animals’ (E. Dutuit, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, IV, 1881, p. 96). Felines are an exception in the work of the artist, who specialises more in farm animals, which are also well represented in Paulus Potter's drawings and paintings.
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