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拍品专文
The anonymous Italian engraver took the central composition of the putto sitting on a skull blowing soap bubbles from Goltzius's engraving titled QVIS EVADET, enlarged it and added a highly decorative border with strapwork, flowers, birds, insects, two curious, angelic figures blowing conch shells and other creatures and mascarons. The present example is a very fine impression of this rare print, with guidelines in the text border below, and great contrast.
Another version of the The Funeral Invitation after Coypel, with the name of the etcher J. Chéreau at lower right, is in the British Museum (inv. no. Y,7.113). There, the text is partly printed in copperplate letters: 'You are desir'd to accompany the Corpse of'. The rest of the invitation, dated 1769, is written by hand in brown ink. In the present example, the text of the invitation to the funeral of Mrs Mary Potter, dated to the 22 February 1737-8, is printed in letterpress. Remarkably, although the present prints appears to be a copy of the former, its usage as an invitation predates it by some thirty years. One can only assume that various versions of such etchings where available for sale over long periods of time, irrespective of when they were printed. Due to their ephemeral nature few examples have survived. Interestingly, although of French origin, both versions of this composition found their use in England.
The fact that the present example is addressed to The Rev.d Doctor/ Newcomb. Hackney. must have added to its attraction for Chris Mendez, who was a 'Hackney boy' after all.
Another version of the The Funeral Invitation after Coypel, with the name of the etcher J. Chéreau at lower right, is in the British Museum (inv. no. Y,7.113). There, the text is partly printed in copperplate letters: 'You are desir'd to accompany the Corpse of'. The rest of the invitation, dated 1769, is written by hand in brown ink. In the present example, the text of the invitation to the funeral of Mrs Mary Potter, dated to the 22 February 1737-8, is printed in letterpress. Remarkably, although the present prints appears to be a copy of the former, its usage as an invitation predates it by some thirty years. One can only assume that various versions of such etchings where available for sale over long periods of time, irrespective of when they were printed. Due to their ephemeral nature few examples have survived. Interestingly, although of French origin, both versions of this composition found their use in England.
The fact that the present example is addressed to The Rev.d Doctor/ Newcomb. Hackney. must have added to its attraction for Chris Mendez, who was a 'Hackney boy' after all.