Le Gascon Puni (after Nicolas Lancret)
Nicolas de Larmessin II (c.1638 - 1694)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Paper, textile
Measurements
315 x 358 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 960084.11
Summary
Aquatint enriched with coloured silks, fabrics and embroidery, in gilt moulded frame. Inscribed on the back in the hand of Sabine Winn (née D'Hervart) (1734-1798), the Swiss wife of Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Bart of Nostell (1739-1785).
Full description
The print is from a series commonly known as the 'Suite de Larmessin' which was used to illustrate a book of Fables written by Jean de la Fontaine’s (1621–1695). A set of sixteen prints are in the Nostell collection and from the inscription on the reverse were a gift from Rowland Winn (5th brt from 1765) to Sabine, perhaps around the time that they were first married in 1761. See: 'Material Lives: Women Makers & Consumer Culture in the 18th Century' by Serena Dyer (2021), chapter 4.
Provenance
Presumably created by Sabine Winn (nee D'Hervart) (1734 - 1798) of Nostell and thence by descent. Purchased as part of a collection of furniture and associated archive material by the National Trust in 1986 from the trustees of Rowland Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald (1918-1984), supported by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Makers and roles
Nicolas de Larmessin II (c.1638 - 1694), engraver (printmaker) Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 – Paris 1743), artist