Author(s):
adam, victor (jean-victor adam, known as) (paris, 28–01–1801 - viroflay, 30–12–1866), designer-lithographer
bulla, joseph, editor
delarue, françois (lingreville, 05–11–1813), editor
lemercier, bénard et cie, printer-lithographer
other title: good and evil (iff p50) (title of the whole)
production date: between 1837 and 1840
dating in centuries: 2nd quarter of the 19th century
type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts
name(s): print
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 26. 3cm
width: 35cm
dimensions - mounting:
height: 40cm
width: 50cm
description:
plate 10 from an album composed of 102 plates, each including several sketches, numbered from 1 to 102 and a cover. Trimmed proof
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
stamp - on the front, under the square line at the bottom right, stamp in black ink: "don de visme de wegmann" (cf: lugt suppl. 2494)
stamp - on the front, under the square line in the center, stamp in black ink: "carnavalet" (cf: lugt 432d)
letter - on the front, top left: "the good. ", top center: "10" and top right: "the evil. ". Bottom from left to right: "paris, chez jh bulla fils et fois delarue, rue j. J. Rousseau, 10. ", "imprie de lemercier, benard et cie" and "successors of maison aumont". Signature of the performer - on the front, in the image at the bottom right: "v. Adam"
inscription - on the front, top right, handwritten in pencil: "91" (hardly readable by the collector visme de wegmann). Inscription - on the front, lower left, handwritten in pencil: "10". Inventory number - on the reverse, lower left, handwritten in black ink: "g. 5694". Iconographic description:
on the left, the good: two main scenes, at the top a soldier on horseback, at the bottom a man and a clergyman seated at a table drinking. Around, two vignettes including a man sitting in an armchair smoking a pipe. On the right, evil: a main scene, a runaway horse breaks through a wooden barrier, its rider remains on the other side of the barrier, a hunter. Below three vignettes including a man, prisoner of soldiers. At the top, "10" in a medallion, with on the left, an angel and on the right, a demon, their bodies end in a serpent's tail which intertwine and form a sort of caduceus. Acquisition method: manual donation
name of donor, testator, seller: visme de wegmann, alice-marguerite de
date of acquisition: 1938
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: g. 5694
part of:
album good and evil (iff p50). Date: Entre 1837 et 1840.
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