CHINE, XVIIIe SIÈCLE

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CHINE, XVIIIe SIÈCLE

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CHINE, XVIIIe SIÈCLE

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ISIDORE-STANISLAS HELMAN (1743-1806) Paris, 2nd edition, 1783-1786 Je ca. 41 cm x 24 cm Battles and Conquests of the Empereur of China. Six engravings from the 2nd edition of the series of sixteen prints from the series Battles and Conquests of the Emperor of China, plus four additional engravings, by Isidore-Stanislas Helman after drawings by Giuseppe Castiglione, Jean Denis Attiret, Ignatius Sichelbarth and Jean-Denis Damascene. The six prints include the following: 4. 'La victoire de Khorgos' (originally engraved by Jean Philippe Le Bas after a drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret) - 10. 'Le combat de Qoš-qulaq' (originally engraved by Benoist-Louis Prevost after a drawing by Giuseppe Castiglione) - 11. 'Le combat d'Arcul' (originally engraved by Benoist-Louis Prevost after a drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret) - 12. 'Le combat de Yešil-köl-nör' (originally engraved by Nicolas de Launay after a drawing by Jean Damascene) - 14. 'On offre (à l'empereur) les prisonniers (faits lors) de la pacification des tribes musulmanes' (originally engraved by Louis-Joseph Masquelier after a drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret) - 19. Isidore-Stanilas Helman, 'Marche ordinaire de l'empereur de la Chine lorsqu'il passe dans la ville de Péking'. Collection of the German painter Joachim Schlotterbeck (1926-2007), assembled in the 1960’s in Germany These six prints are taken from a reduced version of a set of sixteen prints known as Conquêtes et Victoires de l'Empereur de la Chine, commemorating the battles and victories of the Qianlong emperor in Central Asia between 1755 and 1759. The prints were commissioned by the emperor himself and produced in France by the best engravers under the direction of Charles Nicolas Cochin, between 1767 and 1774. 1785 Isidore Stanislas Helman published the same sixteen prints in 3 different reduced versions. The six engravings offered here are from the second edition to which four additional engravings (nos. 17-20) were added that were not originally part of the original series commissioned by the Qianlong emperor and engraved in France

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Helman, Isidore-Stanislas

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