[Tabletop still-life with a jewelled goblet, bowl, jug, grapes, a crab and fish] / R. Robinson inv. et fe.; I. Beckett ex.

London, [c. 1685]

1 item ; 18.8 x 23.8 cm

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From dealer's description: "40. [ROBINSON, Robert.] [Tabletop still-life with a jewelled goblet, bowl, jug, grapes, a crab and fish. ] [London.] R. Robinson inv. et fe. I. Beckett ex: [c.1685.] Print, mezzotint (platemark 18.8 x 23.8cm; sheet approx. 20 x 28cm) small imperceptible paper repair to tip of one corner (beyond platemark), a very good impression. A rare example of an English seventeenth century mezzotint still-life, this is one of a small number of similar prints produced by the painter and mezzotinter Robert Robinson (d.1706) after one of his own paintings. Dateable to c. 1685, it bears the imprint of the pioneering London mezzotint publisher Isaac Beckett (1653-1688). The influence of Dutch art is very much in evidence here, the still-life depicting a jewelled goblet, bowl, jug, salt cellar, fish, a bread roll, a slice of lemon, a crab and a bunch of grapes. Still-life mezzotints by Robinson (see: BM 1874,0613.786; 1876,1111.42) are seldom found uncropped and in very good condition as offered here. Not in Chaloner Smith. BM 1876,1111.43." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D9719, 2023-03-24, Early Medley Books, Prints & Manuscripts British & continental To 1750, item #40

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