TABLEAUX DU CABINET DE M. POULLAIN Mis au jour. PAR F. BASAN. - COLLECTION DE CENT-VINGT ESTAMPES, Gravées d’après Tableaux & Dessins qui composioent le Cabinet de M. Poullain, Receveur Général des Domaines du Roi, décéde en 1780; Précédée d’un Abrégé historique de la Vie des Auteurs qui la composent; Dédiée a M. le Comte d’ORSAY. Cette Suite a été exécutée, sous la directon du sieur Fr. Basan, graveur, par le jeunes Artistes des deux sexes, dont les talents se sont connoitre & accroissent de jour en jour. Le Sr. Moitte, Peitre, en avoit sait les Dessins, d’après les Tableaux, avant la mort de ce célèbre Amateur. Small folio. 120 colour copperplates on 116 plates. (missing plate 61 and with plates from different copies) after paintings by Véronèse, Lorrain, A. van Everdingen, G. Dou, Houbraken, Jordaens, Lairesse, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck... Beautifully bound in contemp. full morocco, rich gilt designs to boards and spine; red morocco and gilt labels to spine; all edges gilt; ornate gilt inner dentelles; comes with stiff cloth slipcase - an excellent example of this work. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Lady painting in a book held open by a cherub. 3. Allegorical landscape scene featuring various Gods in the heavens looking down on Apollo and a Shepherd. 4. The incredulity of St. Thomas. 5. Ruin on a river's edge, farmer crossing before his animals. 6. Mountain Pass. Rider on horseback talking to Laundry women. 7. Inside a room, a young woman is seen singing in front of a music book on a table covered with a carpet. 8. River crossing, several animals, are seen, including a loaded mule and sheep. Peasant is sitting on the riverbank. 9. Another landscape. Shepherd is sitting at the foot of a tree, tending his flock of sheep. 10. Picturesque ruins with an old tower in the middle, river in the foreground with a herd of animals led by a peasant. 11. Landscape scene amidst the remains of an ancient portico - on the river, a man and his dog prepare to cross, followed by a woman on a donkey. 12. Landscape scene. A large rock is seen in a river in which there are several animals crossing or preparing to cross the river, together with men on donkeys. 13. Peasants and their animals crossing a river. 14. Angelique & Medor carving their names on an oak, beneath which they sit. 15. Peasants seated at the foot of a wall beneath a tent, a woman breastfeeds her child. 16. Peasants are seated around a table drinking and singing, one plays his violin. 17. Attractive landscape scene featuring Tobias and an Angel seen in the foreground. 18. Large round tower with several figures in the foreground, a stone bridge, and a walled city behind. 19. Centurion kneeling before Our Lord asking him to restore to heath his servant. Ruined temple in the background. 20. Small landscape featuring a small chariot pulled down a hill by three horses and riders. 21. Sight of a Dutch village along a river, on which are seen several sailboats and a windmill. 22. Landscape scene. A rider is surrounded by several figures, including a woman milking a goat. 23. A seaport with beautiful architecture and people ready to embark on waiting ships. 24. Rich view of the Campo-Vaccino in Rome. A scene enriched with many figures. 25. Portrait of a man and a woman singing happily together. 26. Portrait of a Dutchman. 27. Small landscape scene showing a rivers edge with sheep and naked women in the foreground. 28. Inside a room where we see a peasant woman holding an infant, another child goes through a hoop while a dog dances. 29. The triumph of the Christian religion over the Pagan deities. 30. Night scene. Large tree on the side of a hill, beneath which sit several figures with their animals. 31. Norwegian scene. Wooden huts, goats, and two figures are in the foreground. 32. River scene featuring two sailing boats and three sailors. 33. Allegorical scene featuring three female figures representing the three liberal arts: Painting / Sculpture / Architecture. 34. Philosopher at a table on which is a globe. In his right hand is a compass, in his left is a light that illuminates the table. 35. A room in which we see a young woman pouring milk into a bowl on a table. In addition, the table has carrots, a cabbage, a lantern, and various other accessories upon it. 36. Attractive landscape scene showing peasants and their animals beside a waterfall by a river. 37. Philosopher in his office, sitting at a table surrounded by a globe and antique heads. 38. Meeting of two friends outside a tavern, the innkeeper is pouring wine, nearby are two horses and a cart. 39. In a mountain cave, Cavalry Officers, valets looking after their dogs, and a further Officer with a bird of prey in his right hand are seen. 40. Inside a room in which we see a man dancing with a fish in one hand, and onions in the other, a woman, who is seated laughing at him, her husband next to her, a maid is pouring from a pewter pot, together with a bed and two other figures. 41. Many figures inside a room in which we see a small dog dancing before a child playing the flute, near a table is a man sitting holding a violin. 42. An allegorical subject represents Love, blindfolded, swaying between Truth and Voluptuousness. 43. Love has an apple for Silene; beside him is a woman carrying a basket of fruit on her head and a young man blowing a horn. 44. Inside a kitchen is seen a barrel and two pots etc., a woman seated with a plate on her knees. 45. Ruins of an old Castle, outside the door, we see a man on a donkey holding up a glass of wine; behind him is another man loading a bag onto the back of a donkey. 46. One troop of peasants sings from a sheet of paper while another dances; gaiety abounds. 47. Mountainous landscape bordering a river. Three men are seen pulling on a rope while animals drink from beside the river. 48. Landscape scene in which a young child, richly dressed, drinks from a fountain, carrying a dog under his right arm, bow and arrows are at his feet, to his side is a hunting dog. 49. The Holy Family. The Virgin supports the infant Jesus, who holds a white dove in his arms, St. Elizabeth has St. John, while St. Joseph looks on in admiration from behind. 50. Two men play a game of Backgammon on a table covered with a carpet; another man stands and looks on, while a fourth sits at the front holding a pipe. All are in Spanish costumes. 51. Man on horseback, with a saddled but riderless horse beside him, receives a drink from a servant outside a peasant cottage / A Charlatan, who tells more lies than truth, demonstrates his wares before a crowd of those onlookers who are willing to listen to him. 52. Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden. Eve presents her husband with an apple she has just plucked from a tree, around which a snake twists. Assorted animals in the foreground. 53. A seaport, on the left, are sailboats; to the right is seen a fortified castle and town built on a rock by the water's edge. Men and a sled seen in the foreground. 54. Ruins of an old castle, built on a rock by the river's edge. In the background, we see animals graze, led by a farmer and his dog. 55. An old ruinous bridge, in the middle of which is a Hermite hut and two travellers. At bottom, we see water cascading over boulders in a stream, together with two men conversing. 56. A woman sits by a table, resting a plaster bust. The woman attempts to draw the bust on a piece of paper. 57. Inside a bedroom, we see a young woman faint on a pillow. Her doctor looks on in dismay, and an elderly woman stands by him with tears in her eyes, reading the doctor's thoughts. 58. A woman sits at her toilet. Behind her stands a man offering her a purse of money. 59. Portrait of a woman. One hand touches a chain around her neck, while the other holds a palette of paints, brushes, a mask, and a small bronze figure. 60. Inside a peasant's house, we see an old man sharpening a tool on a great mill wheel, turned by a young boy, a woman with a babe in her arms, and an elderly lady sitting, spinning. 61. Small landscape scene where we see a man is riding on a donkey, driving his animals before him. 62. Landscape scene in which we see animals being driven by a peasant, behind him are a man sitting on a horse, together with another man on foot feeding his horse. 63. Two children seen through a stone window decorated with a decorative bas-relief. One of the two children is making soap balls; the other is trying to catch the bubbles in his hat. 64. Drinker sits at a table with a glass in one hand and holds a pot with the other. A man in the background lights his pipe. 65. Drinker sits at a table with a glass in his right hand and his hat on his knee. 66. Inside a peasant's house, the four central figures are seen either standing or sitting and smoking and drinking before a chimney. 67. Scene outside a tavern where we see five men and one woman sitting around a table playing cards, smoking, and drinking. Other smaller groups of people are seen in the background. 68. A study of two peasants standing. 69. Two peasants sitting together inside a room, smoking their pipes, a man and a woman standing talking to each other in the background. 70. A cottage is seen with vines all around it, together with a man holding a reluctant ox around the neck while a butcher raises his axe in preparation to kill it. People gather to watch. 71. A pastoral scene in which we see a peasant leading cows and sheep along a pathway, behind him is a man on horseback, and behind him are two men and a dog sitting on a grassy bank. 72. Hilly landscape in which we see a man seated beside a horse grazing and two separate men in the foreground, to the right a tree-covered hill beside a river, in the distance two figures, one on horseback are seen. 73. Sailboats moored on a riverbank, overlooked by a pair of ruined towers. Men are seen carrying cargo from the boats to a small group of four figures on the shore, giving orders. 74. Human Charity is represented by a woman surrounded by three naked infants, one of whom is being breastfed. 75-76. Two studies of cows in meadows. 77. The entrance to the Woods of Haye in which we see a horse drawn-coach, a house, animals, and fields. 78. The Annunciation. To the top, we see the eternal father on a cloud surrounded by angels. 79. Landscape scene decorated with mountains and ruins; in the foreground, groups of nude women are seen bathing. 80. Ruin covered by trees, in the foreground, we see three naked women talking, accompanied by two winged 'Loves' dancing before them. 81. A beautiful landscape scene in which two groups of nude women are seen either bathing or dressing after bathing in the nearby stream. 82. Rural landscape scene in which water is seen cascading over rocks in a river, beside which a couple is seen conversing, and a man is driving his ass loaded with heavy baggage over a small hump-back bridge. 83. Portrait of a man, whose head is covered by a large turban, his (upper) body covered by a thick fur coat, etc. 84. David, looking down from his palace, at Bathsheba, out of her bath, attended by a negress, who cobs her hair, an elderly woman attends to her feet and nails. A rich wooded landscape surrounds. 85. A Virgin holding the infant Jesus in her arms, while the infant St. John presents Jesus with a pair. 86. A Holy Family. Virgin sits with her son in her arms; St. Joseph, St. Elizabeth, and the young St. John all look on. 87-88-89. Three beautiful landscape scenes; (1) A Flemish cart crossing a road; (2) A Water Mill; (3) a Cottage bordered by a stream with a wooden bridge. 90. Woman seated, with her left arm resting on a table, holding a cabbage, preparing to cut it with a knife. 91-92. Two landscape scenes; (1) cottages by a roadside (2) the backyards of cottages - a cart pass through an arch. 93. Woman threading a needle by candlelight. 94. Portrait of a pretty woman with pearl earrings and pearls around her throat. 95. Rest in Egypt. Virgin seated, holding her son, beside her knees, two angels pick sunflowers for her. Animals in the foreground. 96. Sea view. Two large ships with smaller rowboats surrounding them. In front, fishermen are busy in their boats. 97. A landscape richly adorned with figures and animals. 98. River landscape in which we see a bridge, over which pass animals and a woman on horseback, in the background a windmill, in the foreground, a man and his dog. 99. Portrait of a man, in ragged clothes, playing the flute. 100. Circular landscape view of cottages by a river. In the background, we see three men closing a door, while in the foreground, four men are seen in deep conversation. 101. The landscape of a fortified castle overlooking a river and surrounded by trees. In the foreground, we see three men talking by a closed gate. 102. A village festival is held outside a busy tavern. Many figures are seen dancing, singing, and drinking. Gaiety abounds! 103. In a stable scene, we see a Grey Mare eating from her manger; to the left, we see a woman standing in the doorway talking to the groom as he tends his horse. 104. Small landscape scene of a ruined castle with figures in the background and the foreground. 105. Ruins and a stone bridge with a man and his dog in the foreground, while we see a peasant and a loaded ass. 106. There are castle ruins, with mountains in the background and a cascade of water to the left. In the foreground, we see a group of four women - of which two are naked, conversing with each other. 107. Rural scene. In the background, we see fields and a river. In the foreground, we see a man sitting under a tree conversing with another man standing beside him. To the left are grazing sheep. 108. Landscape with a mountain top village to the left, overlooking a river. In the river, cattle, sheep, and goats drink - to the right is a wooden shack with more animals in front of it. 109. A woman sits by the edge of a stream, nursing her baby in her arms. Beside her, a child strokes his dog. To the right and in the background are sheep and cows. 110. A calm sea, on which we see many sailing boats and rowboats with many figures in them. 111. Landscape scene with a mountain in the background, and in the middle, we see a woman on horseback, followed by a man on foot. In the foreground, we see a group of sheep and goats grazing. 112. One of the gates of Cologne. Before the gate, we see a lady on horseback and a group of animals and figures on the street. 113. Landscape of a tree-covered ruin. In the foreground, we see a man with his walking stick, and beside him are a group of figures. 114. A large rock is built a walled city, bordered by a large river; in the distance is seen an arched, stone bridge, while in the foreground, a peasant is taking his sheep to the river's edge. Next to him is a woman with a washing basket on her head. 115. Samson is asleep in Delilah's lap. They both appear half-naked. An old woman is seen receiving a lock of Samson's hair. 116. A man, dressed in fine clothes, is seen playing his guitar. 117. By a cottage, door sits a woman with a child and a cockerel in her lap. Beside her is a man who looks as though he has killed an animal. Behind the lady, people sit and talk at a table. In the background, we see the entrance to a city, and a group of animals is seen being driven along a bridge toward the city. 118. A wooded landscape in which we see a castle and tower. In the foreground are figures walking or on horseback. 119. An attractive landscape scene in which we see figures and animals and a tree to the right, beneath which are many plants and shrubs; in the middle distance is seen a castle by a river. 120. A Departure for Hunting. On the left is a grand palace adorned with many figures. Many riders and horses, and servants are milling around in the foreground.