Carlo Marratti (1625-1713), Heinrich T. J. Bislinger... Lot n° 37

Carlo Marratti, Heinrich T. J. Bislinger, The reward of Science, 1781 / Description: The reward of Science, after a painting/drawing of Carlo Marratti (1625-1713), made by Heinrich T. J. Bislinger (1742-1774) in 1781. From the series of etchings after drawings in the collection of the Academy of Düsseldorf. In excellent condition, very good dark impression, on thin laid widemargined paper, with a good watermark: a deer. In front scientisst are discussing in the back a scientist is rewarded by Fama. / Dimensions: 12,5 cm x 16,6 cm In excellent condition, very good dark impression, on thin laid widemargined paper, with a good watermark: A deer. / Literature: Lieure 1927 1356. II / IV Meaume 1860 581 . Les Grandes Misères de la guerre or The Miseries and Misfortunes of War are a series of 18 etchings by French artist Jacques Callot (1592–1635), titled in full Les Misères et les Malheurs de la Guerre. Despite the grand theme of the series, the images are in fact only about 83 mm × 180 mm each, and are called the "large" Miseries to distinguish them from an even smaller earlier set on the same subject.The series, published in 1633, is Callot's best-known work and has been called the first "anti-war statement" in European art. . Les Grandes Misères depict the destruction unleashed on civilians during the Thirty Years' War; no specific campaign is depicted, but the set inevitably recalls the actions of the army that Cardinal Richelieu sent in 1633 to occupy Callot's native Lorraine before annexing it to France. Callot was living in the capital, Nancy, at the time, though the prints were published, like most of his work, in Paris, with the necessary royal licence. The plates still exist, in a museum in Nancy, as do seven drawings of whole compositions, and many tiny studies for figures, with a large group in the Hermitage Museum. Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XIX.415.4) etching