Vénus faisant forger par Vulcain des armes pour Enée. Venus at the forge of Vulcan. After a painting by Jean Jouvenet (Rouen 1644-Paris 1717).

Desplaces, Louis (Paris 1682-Paris 1739).

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1703-1739. Large etching and engraving on laid paper. Venus visiting Vulcan in his forge, asking him to make new weapons and armour for Aeneas. In the middle Eros throwing an arrow. Below image signed and dated in the plate "J. Jouvenet pinxit 1703 - L. Desplaces sculpsit.", and lettered in Latin and French "Sensit laeta dolis, & formae conscia conjux. Aeneid. 8°. Son artifice et sa beauté Cachent son infidelité". 43,3 x 31,5 cm.*Variant in Paris BN, Inventaire du Fonds Français XVIII, 7, 81 No. 28 (with date 1713). Variant in database of British Museum (with date 1713). A. Schnapper and C. Gouzi, Jean Jouvenet . Nos P. 138-9, pp. 262-264. Rare state with date 1703, by the French printmaker and draftsman Louis Desplaces. According to Nagler III, 512, one of Desplaces best works. After a painting, now lost, of which a version was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 2000, lot 175. - Trimmed to border line. Little thumbed. Five candlewax stains at the right side. Mounted. Collector's stamp on verso of 'Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin' (Lugt No. 2273).[(6179)]. N° de réf. du vendeur 6179

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