Bust-length portrait of a young man, head turned slightly to the right, with curly unkempt hair, moustache, and a shirt tied at the neck. Fine linear technique. Mounted at top corners to beige backing card with manuscript annotations.
Made by Jan Piotr Norblin de la Gourdaine after own design.
Medium: Drypoint on wove attached to a carrier paper.
Sheet size: 4.4 x 4.4 cm (1.73 x 1.73 inch). Image size: 4.4 x 4.4 cm. (1.73 x 1.73 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Fine impression on thin laid paper. Mounted at corners to old card with annotations in ink and pencil. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NORBLIN, PORTRAIT, BUST, 18TH-CENTURY, DRYPOINT, POLAND, FRENCH ARTIST | PCO-EXPO-100-OTHER-GOURDAINE
Biography engraver: Jan Piotr Norblin (Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1745-1830), French painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Active in Poland 1774-1804 under the patronage of the Czartoryski family. Considered the father of Polish genre painting. Admirer and imitator of Rembrandt in his etchings.