Le Pautre, Jean (1618-82; French) Relation de la Feste de Versailles du 18 Juillet 1668 (1678-79) 5 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (cat.nos.as listed below) = Levey gift, cat.nos.123-27 [photo: Plate V: Illuminations… (p.183.90-1)] Le Pautre was known especially for his plates of French Baroque architectural decoration (see linked artist
Lemoyne, Jean (1638-1713) Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries (Ornemens… 1710, plates 26-29) 4 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.132-1 to p.183.135-1) = Levey gift, cat.nos.79-82 [photo: p.183.132-1] These prints of decorative panelling appear to have been completed at the same time as Chauveau’s engravings of the doors
Le Clerc, Sébastien (the Elder) (1637-1714) Untitled [Visit of Louis XIV to the Jardin du roi] (c.1671) Engraving with etching, 42.7 x 31.8 (plate); 64.7 x 49.8 (sheet, irreg.) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.51-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.174 This fascinating print, signed “Le Clerc” in the plate at lower left, was
Le Clerc, Sébastien (1637-1714) Representation des Machines, qui ont servi a eslever les deux grandes pierres qui couvrent de fronton du Louvre [The Installation of the Louvre Pediment] 1677 Engraving, 37.8 x 62.5 cm (plate), 57.5 x 83.3 cm irreg. (sheet) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.92-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.41
Le Clerc, Sébastien (1637-1714; French) 17 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87) Etching and engraving, various sizes Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.136-1 etc.) = Levey gift, cat.nos.134 etc. [photo: Rees (p.183.174-1)] A gifted and prolific engraver during the latter half of Louis XIV’s reign, Le Clerc was admitted to
La Pointe, François de (active 1666-90; French) Untitled [plan of Versailles], c.1668 Engraving, 37.3 x 41.8 (plate), 59.5 x 94.5 (sheet, irreg.) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.52-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.83 This plan, inscribed in the plate at lower right: Leué et designé sur les lieux et gravé par F.de
Jeaurat, Edme (1668-1738), after Le Brun, Charles (1619-90) Céremonie du marriage de Louis XIV Roy de France et de Navare avec la Sérénissime Infante Marie Thérèse d’Autriche… [Marriage of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria] 1731 Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.176-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.176 See also Jeaurat
Jeaurat, Edme (1668-1738), after Le Brun, Charles (1619-90) Entrevue de Louis XIV Roy de France et de Philippe IV Roy d’Espagne [Interview of Louis XIV of France & Phillip IV of Spain] 1728 Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.175-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.175 This print, from a set reproducing a
Edelinck, Gérard (1640-1707; Flemish/French), after Raphael (1483-1520; Italian) La Sainte famille de Jesus Christ [The Holy Family] (c.1677) Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey, 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.34-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.7 Here, the engraver seen as the greatest printmaker of Louis XIV’s era reproduced (in reverse) the famous Madonna of François I.
Dolivar, Juan (1641-92; Spanish/French) 3 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87) Etching and engraving, various sizes Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.151-1 to 153-1) = Levey gift, cat.140, 163 & 171 [reproduction: Le passage du Rhin (p.183.152-1)] These engravings, depicting military engagements during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78), form part of the
Colin, H. (active c.1674; French) Sortie de la Garnison de Dole (from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (before 1685) Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.149-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.151 This print was one of several by various artists completed by 1685 and incorporated into the larger series of 40
Chauveau, François (1613-76; French) Details of the decoration in the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace (Ornemens…, 1710, plates 13-25) 13 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.119-1 to p.183.131-1) = Levey gift, cat.nos.66-78 [photo: p.183.119-1] Together, this series of engravings and the four plates of Lemoyne Lambris… des Tuileries {1879}
Châtillon, Louis de (1639-1734; French) 14 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87) Etching and engraving, various sizes Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.62-1 etc.) = Levey gift, cat.nos.135 etc. (see below) [photo: Mastrick (p.183.161-1)] Châtillon (also known as Chatillon or Chastillon), assisted Sébastien Le Clerc in the later 1680s with completion
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83; French), after Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665; French) Le Ravissement de saint Paul [St Paul lifted up] (1671) Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria NGV (p.183.37-1) = Levey gift, cat.19 The source picture (Louvre Inv.7288) was painted for the writer Paul Scarron in 1649-50. It is a variant of
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83; French), after Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665; French) Le jeune Pyrrhus sauvée [Pyrrhus hidden from the enemies of his father] 1676 Engraving & etching Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.38-1) = Levey gift, cat.35 Poussin’s painting, one of several acquired by Louis XIV from the Duc de Richelieu in 1665, was
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83), after Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jesus sortant de Jericho… [Jesus healing the Blind at Jericho] (1677) Engraving and etching Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.36-1) = Levey gift, cat.10 After its acquisition by Louis XIV in 1665, Poussin’s painting (Louvre, 1650) was the subject of a special conference held
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83), after Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le matin la terre fut couverte, comme d’une bruyne… [The Gathering of Manna] 1680 Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.16-1) = Levey gift, cat.4 This engraving (identified as by Chasteau in both NGV 1894 and 1905) reverses the composition of Poussin’s canvas of
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83; French), after Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609; Italian) Martyre de Saincte Estienne [Martyrdom of St Stephen] (1671) Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.17-1) = Levey gift, cat.16 Duplessis, listing this print among the original group of Tableaux du roi engravings published in 1677, cites a payment to Chasteau of 1,500
Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83), after Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609; Italian) L’Assomption de la Ste.Vierge [The Assumption of the Virgin] (1673) Engraving and etching Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.35-1) = Levey gift, cat.20 Duplessis (1869) notes a payment of 1,000 livres to Chasteau for this print on 21 January 1673. The source was
Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (1640-1711), or Jean Bérain fils (1674-1726) Decorative details from the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre [Ornemens…, 1710, plates 2-12)] Etching and engraving, various sizes (11 prints) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.108-1 to p.183.118-1) = Levey gift, cat.55-65 [photo: Plate 3 (p.183.109-1)] These prints document the decorative wall and ceiling panels
Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (1640-1711; French), & Scotin, Gérard (1671-1716: French) Ornemens de peinture et de sculpture qui sont dans la Galerie d’Apollon, au Chasteau du Louvre, et dans le grand Appartement du Roy, au Palais des Tuilleries. Dessinez et gravez par les Srs Berain, Chauveau, et le Moine 1710 [title page] Engraving, 36.2 x 26.0 cm (plate),
Bérain, Jean, the Elder (1640-1711; French) Plan General du Chasteau du Louvre, et du Palais des Tuileries: proposé par M.Claude Perrault, de l’Academie Royale des Sciences, en l’année 1674 Engraving and etching on 2 plates, 43.9 x 46.2 cm (plate), 57.2 x 82.9 cm irreg. (sheet); and 43.6 x 31 cm (plate), 57 x 42
Baudet, Étienne (c.1636-1711; French), after Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632: French) Rendez a Cesar ce qui appartient a Cesar… [The Tribute Money] Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.13-1) = Levey gift, cat.11 The source painting, also known as Le Denier de César, is still at Versailles. For the Biblical text,
Baudet, Étienne (c.1636-1711; French), after Le Brun, Charles (1619-90; French) Le Grand Escalier de Versailles (1679-83) Set of 7 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.41-1, p.183.43-1 to p.183.47-1 and p.183.49-1) = Levey gift, cat.103-109 [photo: p.183.46-1: l’Amerique] This suite of prints documents the Italianate ceiling frescoes painted between 1674 and 1680 by
Baudet, Étienne (1638-1711; French), after Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609; Italian) Martyre de Saint Estienne [The Martyrdom of St Stephen] 1677 Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.19-1) = Levey gift, cat.17 This print, one of the second group added to the Tableaux du roi series after 1679, reproduces the same painting
Audran, Gérard (1640-1703; French), after Mignard, Pierre (1612-95; French) Tableaux de la Voute de la Galerie du Petit Appartement du Roy a Versailles, peint par P.Mignard (1686-89) 3 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.42-1, 48-1 & 50-1) = Levey gift, cat.111-113 These prints document Mignard’s ceiling paintings for the
Audran, Gérard (1640-1703), after Spada, Leonello (1576-1622; Italian) Aeneé suavant son père de l’embrazement de Troye [Aeneas saving his father from burning Troy] Engraving and etching Gift of George Collins Levey, 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.15-1) = Levey gift, cat.34 The inscription identifies the source as a painting already in the French royal collection
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Post Office, Melbourne Lithograph, 1856 (?) Acquired, 1868 (gift of John Pascoe Fawkner?) Present location unknown The image recorded as acquired for the Melbourne collection in 1868 was probably an impression of the lithograph published by James Blundell in 1856. The SLV holds another impression (reproduced below), recorded as donated in
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Ballaarat from Mount Buninyong 1855 Lithograph, 25.0 x 20.0 cm (sheet) Gift of James Pascoe Fawkner, 1868 State Library of Victoria (H4955/21) This was presumably one of the “12 views of Australian life & scenery” by Gill, listed in the NGV’s unpublished list of pre-1905 acquisitions (1868). It was first published
Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) The Treasury, Melbourne 1854 Lithograph, 16.9 x 22 cm Donated by John Pascoe Fawkner 1868 State Library of Victoria (H2296) The impression donated by Fawkner, reproduced here, is in mediocre condition due to clumsy removal of the original mount; the SLV also holds a better impression, accessioned c.1934. The prominent three-storey bluestone building to