Author: PINGRET, Edouard
Title: Collection Des Costumes Du Grand Duché de Bade
Description: Paris: Dèro-Becker, Editeur, 1828. The Costumes of the Grand Duchy of Baden Twenty Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Edouard Pingret PINGRET, Edouard. Collection des Costumes du Grand Duché de Bade par Ed. Pingret. Paris: Dèro-Becker, Editeur, [ca. 1828-1830]. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 10 inches; 333 x 254 mm.). Twenty highly detailed hand colored lithograph plates. Plate no. 7 with light stain on lower blank margin. Publishers lithographed boards, neatly rebacked. Small nineteenth century French booksellers ticket "Madelain, Papetier." A near fine example of this great rarity. This charming series of lithographs beautifully illustrate the various costumes of the people of Baden in the early nineteenth century. The figures include women at the market, women in prayer, musicians, water carriers, the doctor, harvesters, the bride, the shepherd, the family and the wine seller. The Grand Duchy of Baden, known in German as "Großherzogtum Baden," was a state in southwest Germany, located on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. It existed as a sovereign state from 1806 until 1871, when it became a part of the German Empire, where it remained until 1918. The Grand Duchy was bordered by the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse to the north, the Rhine River to the west, Switzerland to the south, and primarily the Kingdom of Württemberg to the east. Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (1788-1875) was a French painter and lithographer who studied under painter Jacques-Louis David as well as Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He also studied at the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. Pingret exhibited in Paris salons from 1810 onward and was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1831. From 1850 to 1855 he lived and worked in Mexico City, exhibiting annually at the Academia de Bellas Artes. He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851) in Mexico City. His most important works in Mexico were costumbrista genre scenes. He died in his home town of Saint-Quentin. He published a few fine costume books including Recueil de Costumes Suisses.. Paris, 1824-25, and Costumes des Pyrenees- Paris, 1834 and Collection des Costumes du Grand Duché de Bade as offered here. In 1994 his painting, Cocina poblans (1870), sold at Sotheby's for $150,000. In 1997 his Escribanos en Los Portales de la Plaza de Santo Domingo sold at Sotheby's for $52,000. In October 2000 Sotheby's sold his painting, Rebecca, from Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, for $14,000 OCLC/KVK locate just two copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany); Staatliche Kunsthalle Karsruhe (Germany); Badische Landesbibliothek (Germany). The first two colored, the third example apparently uncolored. The Plates: 1. Le Propriétaire 2. Chemin du Vieux Chàteau 3. Le Marché 4. La Prière 5. Les Tyroliens 6. Porteurs d'Eau Thermale 7. Couvent de Sitchtenthal 8. Le Machand de Truites 9. Jeunes Filles allant au Temple 10. Le Docteur 11. Les Vendages 12. Le Chevrier 13. La Fiancée 14. Le Porteur 15. Le Berger 16. Les Eaux Thermales 17. La Famille 18. Le Vinaigrier 19. Habitants de Schmalbach 20. Le Vin du Rhin Colas 2393; Hiler, p.712; Lipperheide 744. .
Keywords: Books in French Costume
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Title: Collection Des Costumes Du Grand Duché de Bade
Description: Paris: Dèro-Becker, Editeur, 1828. The Costumes of the Grand Duchy of Baden Twenty Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Edouard Pingret PINGRET, Edouard. Collection des Costumes du Grand Duché de Bade par Ed. Pingret. Paris: Dèro-Becker, Editeur, [ca. 1828-1830]. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 10 inches; 333 x 254 mm.). Twenty highly detailed hand colored lithograph plates. Plate no. 7 with light stain on lower blank margin. Publishers lithographed boards, neatly rebacked. Small nineteenth century French booksellers ticket "Madelain, Papetier." A near fine example of this great rarity. This charming series of lithographs beautifully illustrate the various costumes of the people of Baden in the early nineteenth century. The figures include women at the market, women in prayer, musicians, water carriers, the doctor, harvesters, the bride, the shepherd, the family and the wine seller. The Grand Duchy of Baden, known in German as "Großherzogtum Baden," was a state in southwest Germany, located on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. It existed as a sovereign state from 1806 until 1871, when it became a part of the German Empire, where it remained until 1918. The Grand Duchy was bordered by the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse to the north, the Rhine River to the west, Switzerland to the south, and primarily the Kingdom of Württemberg to the east. Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (1788-1875) was a French painter and lithographer who studied under painter Jacques-Louis David as well as Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He also studied at the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. Pingret exhibited in Paris salons from 1810 onward and was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1831. From 1850 to 1855 he lived and worked in Mexico City, exhibiting annually at the Academia de Bellas Artes. He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851) in Mexico City. His most important works in Mexico were costumbrista genre scenes. He died in his home town of Saint-Quentin. He published a few fine costume books including Recueil de Costumes Suisses.. Paris, 1824-25, and Costumes des Pyrenees- Paris, 1834 and Collection des Costumes du Grand Duché de Bade as offered here. In 1994 his painting, Cocina poblans (1870), sold at Sotheby's for $150,000. In 1997 his Escribanos en Los Portales de la Plaza de Santo Domingo sold at Sotheby's for $52,000. In October 2000 Sotheby's sold his painting, Rebecca, from Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, for $14,000 OCLC/KVK locate just two copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany); Staatliche Kunsthalle Karsruhe (Germany); Badische Landesbibliothek (Germany). The first two colored, the third example apparently uncolored. The Plates: 1. Le Propriétaire 2. Chemin du Vieux Chàteau 3. Le Marché 4. La Prière 5. Les Tyroliens 6. Porteurs d'Eau Thermale 7. Couvent de Sitchtenthal 8. Le Machand de Truites 9. Jeunes Filles allant au Temple 10. Le Docteur 11. Les Vendages 12. Le Chevrier 13. La Fiancée 14. Le Porteur 15. Le Berger 16. Les Eaux Thermales 17. La Famille 18. Le Vinaigrier 19. Habitants de Schmalbach 20. Le Vin du Rhin Colas 2393; Hiler, p.712; Lipperheide 744. .
Keywords: Books in French Costume
Price: US$ 5500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05969
- Book number: 05969
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