FINE 18th-C French Old Master Drawing - EISEN - Listed Artist - Rare -Provenance - $1,575 - (Elk Grove, CA)
Title: Une Femme a sa Toilette/A Lady at her Bath Artist: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (1720-1778) Description: Old master French drawing, circa 1750s/1760s, by Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, painter, engraver and draftsman to Louis XV (1710-1774), and drawing master to Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764). This fine drawing depicts a lady at her bath, assisted by two attendants. Date: Circa 1750s/1760s Medium: Black wash and white heightening on brown paper Size: 155 by 115 mm; 6.1 by 4.5 inches Signature: Unsigned Frame: White portfolio, unframed Condition: Excellent; no repairs, no tears, creases, folds, or stains Provenance: Private Collection, The Netherlands About the Artist: Son and pupil of genre painter François Eisen (1695-1778), Charles Eisen was a French painter, draughtsman, and illustrator. About 1740 he went to Paris to work in the studio of the engraver Jacques-Philippe Lebas (1707-1783). Eisen himself engraved little, and probably produced the drawings from which Lebas or studio assistants would engrave. In 1745 Eisen was asked to illustrate a volume celebrating the betrothal of the Dauphin Louis (1729-1765) to Maria Theresa of Spain (1726-1746). This was his first significant commission and was probably passed to him by Lebas. Two years later he established his reputation and independence by providing 43 drawings for an edition of the works of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711). In 1748, however, the Académie de Saint-Luc seized Eisen’s studio effects because he was refusing to pay the joining fee, arguing that as an artist of exceptional talent, he should be admitted for a lesser amount. Two years later he sued successfully and was admitted without fee; his morceau de réception was a painting of Daedalus and Icarus (whereabouts unknown). Charles Eisen is best known for his drawings and as an illustrator of vignettes, which are small, ornamental images with no defined borders that are most often used in books (also on snuff boxes). His ch…
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