36 - Antoine Dieu (1662–1727)

Antoine Dieu (1662–1727) Address card for the artist. 1698. Etching. 213 x 320 mm. I.F.F., 17th century, vol. III, p. 433 (only plate described). Very fine print on thin laid paper, trimmed to the plate edge. Small remnants of an old mounting in the upper corners on the reverse. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). The only work engraved by this occasional engraver, it depicts King Louis XIV flanked by two figures of Fame under the gaze of Minerva, an allusion to the name of the artist’s shop, “Au grand Monarque.” Transcription of the engraved text: “Mr. Dieu, Painter in Paris on the Petit / Pont near the Porte de l’Hôtel-Dieu, makes and / sells all kinds of paintings, both historical / and devotional, as well as others; all portraits of / the Court, large and small, in oval and / square frames; frames, both gilded and in other styles—clock bases, porcelain bases / mounted on velvet, and other works of sculpture / and gilding; images on vellum, on paper / made from fish glue, and on rock in all manner of styles; and / generally all kinds of works / of painting, sculpture, and gilding, / all at reasonable prices / and kept in stock / wholesale and retail, 1698.”