DUBERCELLE, François-Philippe
Via Crucis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi.
Paris, Jacques Chereau, n.d. (ca. 1725-1740)
Oblong folio (300 x 455 mm.) 19th century burgundy cloth.
14 engraved plates (230 x 315 mm.)
Nice collection of engraved plates by the French painter and engraver François Philippe Dubercelle, active in Paris in the first half of the eighteenth century. It depicts the fourteen Stations of the Cross, with captions at the bottom in Latin and Spanish, a Gospel quotation in Latin, and a devotional explanation in Spanish.
There are references of these engravings in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, as they were used as models for ceramic altarpieces by painters from the Real Fábrica de Loza y Porcelana de Alcora, such as Joseph Ferrer Almiñana.
The Stations of the cross (Via Crucis) are commemorated through fourteen prayers, one at each station, symbolizing the path Jesus walked carrying the cross from his condemnation to his death and burial on Good Friday. Dubercelle was imprisoned in the Bastille for just over a year for having produced satirical prints depicting the burial of the Constitution.
Jacques Chéreau was a publisher and dealer of prints in Paris during the 18th century.
Provenance: J.G. Mazziotti Salema Garçao, Portuguese collector from the early 20th century (ex libris on front endpaper).
1.500,00 € VAT included
