The Ricky Jay Collection
Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 132
EISEN, Francois (after) (Belgian, 1695 - 1778). L’Escamoteu...
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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EISEN, Francois (after) (Belgian, 1695 - 1778). L?Escamoteuse. Paris: Buldet, ca. 1762. Engraving on laid paper depicting a female magician on whose table the Cups and Balls are set up, with an old crone pickpocket in the shadows, relieving the conjurer?s consort of his handkerchief. Lines of verse below title. Trimmed to 15 7/8 x 12?. Near fine. See Nevill, French Prints of the Eighteenth Century (1908), p. 136, and Exemplars, p. 213. Eisen, a famous Flemish genre painter, created a number of paintings focusing on love, beauty and deception. This image was engraved from Eisen?s original by Angelique Martinet (French, ca. 1731 1780). The verses below the image here deal with magic and coquetry.
