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Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

French engraver (1707-1783)

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Images from the collections

Images by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas

29 images from works
  • A man applying a plaster to his hand outside in a rural setting; representing the sense of touch. Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1736, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • The temptation of Saint Antony Abbot. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers.
  • An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1776, after Rembrandt, 1649.
  • A monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Process print after J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.
  • A physician, in his surgery and workshop, examining a urine flask and referring to a book. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • French soldiers requisitioning food from civilians inside a German fortified town. Etching by J. P. Le Bas, 1741 after J.-F. Chanterau.
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Works from the collections

39 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A dog sitting on a meadow licking and cleaning itself. Etching by J.P. Le Bas after A.F. Desportes.

    Desportes, François, 1661-1743. | Reference: 41539i
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    Ships at anchor in a Flemish port. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1746, after David Teniers.

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690. | Date: [1746] | Reference: 3064078i
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    Iole with the club and lion-skin of Hercules. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

    Bouchardon, Edme, 1698-1762. | Date: [1737] | Reference: 2889818i
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    Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

    Coypel, Noël-Nicolas, 1690-1734. | Date: [1735?] | Reference: 18150i
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    • Online

    Christ stands among sick people and Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by J.P. Le Bas, 1776, after Rembrandt, 1649.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Date: 1776 | Reference: 23831i
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Frequent collaborators

David Teniers the Younger
Edmé Bouchardon
Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus
Alexandre-François Desportes

Related topics

Dogs
Alchemy
Laboratories
Alchemists
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun

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