Explication des Peintures, Sculptures, et Gravures de Messieurs de l’Academie Royale, Dont l’Exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l’intention de sa Majesté, par M. le Marquis de Marigny…dans le grand Salon du Louvre, pour l’année 1763
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Woodcut royal coat-of-arms to title & two woodcut head-pieces. 40 pp. 12mo (160 x 96 mm.), late 19th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: J. T. Herissant, 1763.
A scarce mid-18th century livret for the Paris Salon, from the library of museum curator comte L. Clément de Ris (1820-82), with his dated ownership inscriptions (“1864”) to the first blank leaf and the title-page. These ephemeral publications were distributed at the Salons and have become exceedingly scarce on the market. The first Salon livret was produced in 1673–only three copies of this inaugural booklet are known.
The catalogue has 208 entries of paintings, sculptures, engravings, and one tapestry, contributed by ca. 76 artists, including C. & L. M. Vanloo, Boucher, Nattier, Vien, Chardin, Millet, Vernet, Mme. Vien, Casanova, Greuze, Adam, Fessard, Lempereur, Moitte, etc., etc. It is notable to see a woman included, Marie Thérèse Vien (1735-1805), née Reboul; some of the paintings shown at this Salon were acquired by empress Catherine II.
A fine copy, formerly in the library of an important art historian.
❧ Documenting the Salon: Paris Salon Catalogs 1673-1945 (National Gallery of Art Library: 2016).
A scarce mid-18th century livret for the Paris Salon, from the library of museum curator comte L. Clément de Ris (1820-82), with his dated ownership inscriptions (“1864”) to the first blank leaf and the title-page. These ephemeral publications were distributed at the Salons and have become exceedingly scarce on the market. The first Salon livret was produced in 1673–only three copies of this inaugural booklet are known.
The catalogue has 208 entries of paintings, sculptures, engravings, and one tapestry, contributed by ca. 76 artists, including C. & L. M. Vanloo, Boucher, Nattier, Vien, Chardin, Millet, Vernet, Mme. Vien, Casanova, Greuze, Adam, Fessard, Lempereur, Moitte, etc., etc. It is notable to see a woman included, Marie Thérèse Vien (1735-1805), née Reboul; some of the paintings shown at this Salon were acquired by empress Catherine II.
A fine copy, formerly in the library of an important art historian.
❧ Documenting the Salon: Paris Salon Catalogs 1673-1945 (National Gallery of Art Library: 2016).
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Explication des Peintures, Sculptures, et Gravures de Messieurs de l’Academie Royale, Dont l’Exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l’intention de sa Majesté, par M. le Marquis de Marigny…dans le grand Salon du Louvre, pour l’année 1763
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