Description: THE MARGUERITE OF FAUST Artist:Robert Bertrand Note: the title In the box above is printed below the art image on the print. A HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTED IN THE 1870'S!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 120 YEARS OLD!! Every painter has his own conception of the Marguerite of Goethe; as for the general public, it is probably influenced more than it suspects by the make-up of various prime-donne. A rapid-tripping brunette with Lucca; a cold, aged statue with Miolan-Carvalho; a Scandinavian snow-woman with Nilsson; a dark doll, having a music-box inside, with Patti; a rigid liquid-voiced petrifaction with Kellogg -confused with these various incarnations, the ideal Marguerite is not so much a ' single figure as a chorus of sopranos. It remains for the painters to come forward, and by means of the imaginative resources of their art, to present a figure of Marguerite superior to the accidental flesh-and-blood impersonations of the stage, and commensurate with the rare delicacy of the poet's creation. We are all familiar with the " Marguerite" of Retzsch's outlines, and with that of the engravings from Ary Scheffer. Tissot has represented her with archaeological quaintness. A little less antique than his, yet still with a lingering reminiscence of her original residence in an illuminated missal, Bertrand's " Marguerite" has the long, narrow garments, the slashed sleeve, the velvet toque of a mediaeval allegory. She crouches shuddering on the floor-it is the mad scene at the close of Goethe's drama,-and would fain pass bodily through the walls of the corner she burrows in, so dreadful are the images which to her lunatic fancy fill the place; beside her she seems to see the baby she has drowned, and her ears are still filled with the mocking songs of Mephistopheles. The reader will observe the peculiar composition which the artist has used, the focus of the scene being quite vacant, and the personages arranged very centrifugally around the edges; this blank emptiness of his stage gives our painter a very appropriate expression of austerity, of cheerlessness, of desolation. In his arrangement, too, the hapless infant lies directly under the descending weight of Time. SIZE: Image size in inches is 7 ½ " x 12 ¼ ", overall page size is 10" x 15". CONDITION: Good condition. Nothing printed on reverse. Thick rag stock paper. Actual picture is much larger and crisper than this scanned image shows. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay for shipping/handling. Domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, line drawing, photogravure etc. ALL refer to images PRINTED on paper AT THE DATE MENTIONED. VERY RICH, THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE! A RARE FIND! NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION!
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: New Providence, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-11-16T17:54:30.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Material: Heliogravure, Photogravure
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Subject: Mythology
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Print
