Lemoyne Lambris (Ornemens 1710) {1879} NGV [PR]

Lemoyne, Jean (1638-1713) Lambris, dans le grand Appartement des Tuilleries (Ornemens… 1710, plates 26-29) 4 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.132-1 to p.183.135-1) = Levey gift, cat.nos.79-82 [photo: p.183.132-1] These prints of decorative panelling appear to have been completed at the same time as Chauveau’s engravings of the doors

La Pointe Untitled plan of Versailles {1879} NGV [PR]

La Pointe, François de (active 1666-90; French) Untitled [plan of Versailles], c.1668 Engraving, 37.3 x 41.8 (plate), 59.5 x 94.5 (sheet, irreg.) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.52-1) = Levey gift, cat.no.83 This plan, inscribed in the plate at lower right: Leué et designé sur les lieux et gravé par F.de

Edelinck after Raphael Holy Family {1879} NGV [PR]

Edelinck, Gérard (1640-1707; Flemish/French), after Raphael (1483-1520; Italian) La Sainte famille de Jesus Christ [The Holy Family] (c.1677) Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey, 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.34-1)  = Levey gift, cat.no.7 Here, the engraver seen as the greatest printmaker of Louis XIV’s era reproduced (in reverse) the famous Madonna of François I.

Dolivar 3 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi {1879} NGV [PR]

Dolivar, Juan (1641-92; Spanish/French) 3 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87) Etching and engraving, various sizes Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.151-1 to 153-1) = Levey gift, cat.140, 163 & 171 [reproduction: Le passage du Rhin (p.183.152-1)] These engravings, depicting military engagements during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78), form part of the

Chauveau Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace 1710 {1879} NGV [PR]

Chauveau, François (1613-76; French) Details of the decoration in the Grand Apartment of the Tuileries Palace (Ornemens…, 1710, plates 13-25) 13 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.119-1 to p.183.131-1) = Levey gift, cat.nos.66-78 [photo: p.183.119-1] Together, this series of engravings and the four plates of Lemoyne Lambris… des Tuileries {1879}

Châtillon 14 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi {1879} NGV [PR]

Châtillon, Louis de (1639-1734; French) 14 engravings from Les Grandes Conquêtes du Roi (c.1686-87) Etching and engraving, various sizes Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.62-1 etc.) = Levey gift, cat.nos.135 etc. (see below) [photo: Mastrick (p.183.161-1)] Châtillon (also known as Chatillon or Chastillon), assisted Sébastien Le Clerc in the later 1680s with completion

Chasteau after Poussin Pyrrhus hidden 1676 {1879} NGV [PR]

Chasteau, Guillaume (1635-83; French), after Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665; French) Le jeune Pyrrhus sauvée [Pyrrhus hidden from the enemies of his father] 1676 Engraving & etching Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.38-1) = Levey gift, cat.35 Poussin’s painting, one of several acquired by Louis XIV from the Duc de Richelieu in 1665, was

Bérain Galerie d’Apollon [Ornemens, pls.2-12] {1879} NGV [PR]

Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (1640-1711), or Jean Bérain fils (1674-1726) Decorative details from the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre [Ornemens…, 1710, plates 2-12)] Etching and engraving, various sizes (11 prints) Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.108-1 to p.183.118-1)  = Levey gift, cat.55-65 [photo: Plate 3 (p.183.109-1)] These prints document the decorative wall and ceiling panels

Baudet after Valentin Tribute Money {1879} NGV [PR]

Baudet, Étienne (c.1636-1711; French), after Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632: French) Rendez a Cesar ce qui appartient a Cesar… [The Tribute Money] Engraving Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.13-1) = Levey gift, cat.11 The source painting, also known as Le Denier de César, is still at Versailles. For the Biblical text,

Baudet after Le Brun Le Grand Escalier de Versailles {1879} NGV [PR]

Baudet, Étienne (c.1636-1711; French), after Le Brun, Charles (1619-90; French) Le Grand Escalier de Versailles (1679-83) Set of 7 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.41-1, p.183.43-1 to p.183.47-1 and p.183.49-1) = Levey gift, cat.103-109 [photo: p.183.46-1: l’Amerique] This suite of prints documents the Italianate ceiling frescoes painted between 1674 and 1680 by

Audran after Mignard Tableaux de la Voute de la Galerie du Petit Appartement du Roy a Versailles {1879} NGV [PR]

Audran, Gérard (1640-1703; French), after Mignard, Pierre (1612-95; French) Tableaux de la Voute de la Galerie du Petit Appartement du Roy a Versailles, peint par P.Mignard (1686-89) 3 engravings Gift of George Collins Levey 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.42-1, 48-1 & 50-1)  = Levey gift, cat.111-113 These prints document Mignard’s ceiling paintings for the

Audran after Spada Aeneas saving his father {1879} NGV [PR]

Audran, Gérard (1640-1703), after Spada, Leonello (1576-1622; Italian) Aeneé suavant son père de l’embrazement de Troye [Aeneas saving his father from burning Troy] Engraving and etching Gift of George Collins Levey, 1879 National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.15-1) = Levey gift, cat.34 The inscription identifies the source as a painting already in the French royal collection

* Gill Post Office, Melbourne 1856 (?) {1868} Loc? [PR]

Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) Post Office, Melbourne Lithograph, 1856 (?) Acquired, 1868 (gift of John Pascoe Fawkner?) Present location unknown The image recorded as acquired for the Melbourne collection in 1868 was probably an impression of the lithograph published by James Blundell in 1856. The SLV holds another impression (reproduced below), recorded as donated in

Gill The Treasury, Melbourne 1854 {1868} SLV [PR]

Gill, S.T. (1818-80; English/Australian) The Treasury, Melbourne 1854 Lithograph, 16.9 x 22 cm Donated by John Pascoe Fawkner 1868 State Library of Victoria (H2296) The impression donated by Fawkner, reproduced here, is in mediocre condition due to clumsy removal of the original mount; the SLV also holds a better impression, accessioned c.1934. The prominent three-storey bluestone building to