The Louvre
Immersed in historical significance,
the Louvre is probably the world's most recognizable museums of Art. I've
borrowed the following history of the Louvre from the museum's website to share
with you...
"The Palais du Louvre, which houses
one of the most stunning collections of artworks in the world, is known first
and foremost as a museum. Yet for almost seven hundred years the buildings
constituted the principal residences of the kings and emperors of France."
"Built shortly after 1190 A.D. by
King Philippe Auguste as a defense fortress, by the fourteenth century the
Palais du Louvre had become a pleasant residence that occasionally served as a
royal home. Francis I chose to turn it into a Renaissance "palace". Over time, a
royal estate gradually developed. Henry IV ordered the cháteau
built by Catherine de Médicis in the Tuileries to be linked to the Louvre palace
by a "grand gallery" bordering the Seine. Louis XIV, who resided at the Louvre
until his departure to Versailles in 1678, completed the Cour Carrée (Square
Court), which was closed off on the city side by a colonnade. When the court
moved to Versailles, French monarchs lost interest in the Palais du Louvre."
"In 1793, the Louvre
became a museum, and has been given over ever since to the conservation and
preservation of thousands of artworks and legacies of past civilizations. In the
early 19th century, sovereigns transformed the interiors but carried out little
building work. But from the mid-19th century onward, the Louvre underwent the
largest phase of extension in its history. Napoleon III completed the
unification of the Palais des Tuileries and the Palais du Louvre by building the
Aile Denon (Denon Wing) on the Seine side and finishing the Aile Richelieu on
the rue de Rivoli side. In 1871, the Palais des Tuileries burned down.
Thenceforth, the Louvre opened on the great perspective facing western Paris."
"The Grand Louvre
project, launched by President Mitterand in 1981, modernized the museum and
extended it, with the opening in 1993 of the Richelieu wing, which formerly
housed the Ministry of Finance."
I've shared this short history with
you to give you a perspective for the period of time that the Louvre - in one
fashion or another - has been a collection point for some of the world's
greatest works of art. The gallery presented on this website is about the
printing of "new originals" from copper engraved plates... which have been
stored in the vaults of the Louvre for centuries. Through special
arrangements with the Louvre these plates are being categorized and made
available (by the Master Engravers of the Louvre) to create, new, original
prints. The plates, current available to our customers, date from 1662 to 2002
and number nearly 600... some are by the original artists and others are "apres"
(after) the works of the original artist. Our experience with engravings
has been that the original engraved plates were either created by the artist
(who was either a printmaker (his chosen art form) or an artists who also
possessed engraving skills); an engraver who worked closely with the original
artist to capture his paintings in an engraved form (such as John Constable
(painter) and David Lucas (engraver)); or, an engraver who created the engraved
plates separate of the artist, and quite possibly, many years after the artist's
death.
If you are interested in a print, it
MUST be ordered through the Steele Pointe Art Gallery. The normal
turnaround time from the order to the arrival of the print is 6-8 weeks... the
print is not pressed at the Louvre until the order has been made. Each
print will come with the embossed seal of the Master Engravers of the Louvre.
Prints custom framed by the gallery - along with the purchase of the print -
will receive free shipping and handling from the Louvre
in Paris to the Gallery and free in-house labor for the framing.
The current categories include... Views of
Paris... Chateaus and Monuments... Versailles... Festivals and Ceremonies...
Coronations... Pastoral Scenes... Hunt Scenes... Animals... Botanicals...
Drawings and Studies... Genres... Landscapes... Seascapes-Marine... Portraits...
Nudes... Sepias... Mythology... Decorative... Architectural... Napoleon's Trip
to Egypt... and Moderns. The price range is between a hundred and a couple
thousand dollars. Contact the Gallery for exact pricing... there may be
variations to the shown price due to the fluctuating monetary exchange rates.
Finally, you will be
provided with two hyperlinks to IDNY webpages where you can view a complete
presentation of available prints... the images tend to be small, so if you see
something that you would like to see in a larger format, please contact the
Gallery at 937.322.0400 and we'll arrange for a jpeg image to be sent to us.
Here is your first
opportunity to go the the IDNY website....
CLICK HERE
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"Virgin and Infant Jesus"
№ 10Study05
Bein apres Raphael (Bein (engraver) after artist
Raphael)
9.25" wide by 13.5" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Portrait of Lucrezia Fede"
№ 10Study07
Leroy apres Sarto
9.25" wide by 12" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price
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"Head of a Young Man"
№ 10Study08
Caylus apres D'Vinci
6.25" wide by 7.5" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price
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"Man on Park Bench"
№ 11Genres08
Emilio Frederick Nicolle
15.25" wide by 7.5" high
$135... call for current (if changed) price
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"Gulf of Naples" №
12Landscape06 Aubert apres
Turpin deCrisse
10.25" wide by 8,75" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price
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"Rouen: rue de Minimes"
№ 12Landscape11
Emilio Frederick Nicolle
9.5" wide by 12.75" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price
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"St. Valery en caux"
№ 12Landscape13 Emilio
Frederick Nicolle
2.75" wide by 4.75" high
$99... call for current (if changed) price
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"Naval Battle
with English" № 13Seascape04
Chavanes apres Gudin
13" wide by 9.5" high
$350... call for current (if changed) price
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"Suzanne Bathing" №
15Nude01 Porporati apres
Santerre
15.5" wide by 20.75" high
$250... call for current (if changed) price
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"The Bather" № 15Nude05
Bouteliier apres Ingres
12.25" wide by 17.75" high
$135... call for current (if changed) price
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"The Dancer" № 15Nude18
Ripa de Roveredo
11" wide by 8.5" high
$175... call for current (if changed) price
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"Cupid and Psyche" №
17Mythology10 Besse apres Picot
14" wide by 11.5" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Colonnade of the Louvre"
19Architect06 L.P. Baltard
10.25" wide by 17.5" high
$150... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Dogs of Louis XIV" 07Hunt02
Willman apres Desportes
24.5" wide by 17.25" high
$395... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"Le Garde - chasse" 07Hunt04
Taver apres C. Troyon
10.25" wide by 15.25" high
$135... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Eagle (young)" 08Animals02
Bouquet
24.5" wide by 18" high
$395... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"Le Lion"
08Animals15 Denon apres
Rembrandt
9.25" wide by 6.5" high
$175... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Aster montanus caeruleus"
09Botanical02 N. Robert
12" wide by 16.5" high
$375... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"Aster verbascl folio"
09Botanical04 L.
Chatillon
11.75" wide by 15.75" high
$375... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"Melon" 09Botanicals08
N. Robert
16.75" wide by 11.75" high
$375... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"Populago Tabern"
09Botanical10 Chatillon
apres Robert
12" wide by 16.5" high
$375... (Color) call for current (if changed) price
$175... (B/W) call for current (if changed) price |
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"The Spring"
18Decorative03 LeClerc
apres Bailly
7" wide by 7.5" high
$135... call for current (if changed) price |
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"The Sea - Frogs"
18Decorative02 LeClerc
apres Bailly
7.75" wide by 8.25" high
$135... call for current (if changed) price |
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"View of the Pyramids"
21Egypt03 Daudet apres
Jomard
17" wide by 23.5" high
$195... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Pyramids of Saqqarah and
Vicinity" 21Egypt04
Delaunay apres Cecile
17" wide by 23.5" high
$195... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Sphinx and Grand Pyramid"
21Egypt05 Schroeder apres
Conte
23.5" wide by 17" high
$195... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Portrait in Feet"
22Modern03 Agathe May
10.75" wide by 28" high
$375... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Plan du Labyrinthe"
03Versailles13 S.LeClerc
4" wide by 6.25" high
$125... call for current (if changed) price |
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"Les Canes et le Barbet"
03Versailles26 S.LeClerc
3.75" wide by 6" high
$125... call for current (if changed) price |
Second opportunity to visit IDNY webpages...
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