DOI Heft:
Nr. 339 (August 1925)
DOI Artikel:Blake, Justin: The prints from Epinal
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0326
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in black and parts of the design
were filled in with colored paper,
cut to shape and pasted to the
print. Later the prints were
colored by means of stencils,
but it is probable that until the
beginning of the eighteenth cen-
tury all of the religious prints
made in Epinal were in black
and white only. Just before the
close of the seventeenth century
Jean Bouchard, another muni-
cipal printer, brought this pe-
riod of the images populaires to
a close which presaged the work
to come. The one signed print
of his which is now known is
called "La Sainte Trinitc et la
Sainte Famille." It surpasses
its predecessors in quality of
engraving and as a drawing is
one of the most remarkable oi
all the Epinal prints.
The second period in the
history of these prints begins
with the eighteenth century and
extends to 1790. During all of
that time only religious pictures
were printed and these, crudely
colored by means of stencils,
'christ on the cross" published by cardinet, seventeenth century preserved the naive quality of
records of two printers, Pierre Houin
who, in 1617, published Les Rois et dues
d'Austrasie depuis Tbeodoric Ier. The
portrait illustrations were printed from
woodcuts made by Ambroise Ambroise
who later became a printer and pub-
lisher in his own right. In 1633 he pub-
lished Coutumes generates de Lorraine
and les saintes Antiquiles de la Vosge.
Claude Cardinet, who is by some
accounts said to have been of southern
origin, more properly fits the legend
which has been woven about Pellerin.
He was a printer and bookseller in
Epinal about 1660. He supplied the
town authorities with their paper and
did the official printing. Apparently
there was not much of this and in the
effort to make a living he began the
production of religious prints. Two of
his prints remain, one a Christ on the
Cross, and a picture of Saint Nicolas
represented in the act of saving the
three youths. Both of these were printed
sainte anne published by jean-charles didier
CANTIQUE SPIRIflfUEL
A Is loilan?:...'"- fJcTjnaM'-J* Moc-.Siirftir, Msn Ffrcautfais. &e
three twenty-six
august 1925
in black and parts of the design
were filled in with colored paper,
cut to shape and pasted to the
print. Later the prints were
colored by means of stencils,
but it is probable that until the
beginning of the eighteenth cen-
tury all of the religious prints
made in Epinal were in black
and white only. Just before the
close of the seventeenth century
Jean Bouchard, another muni-
cipal printer, brought this pe-
riod of the images populaires to
a close which presaged the work
to come. The one signed print
of his which is now known is
called "La Sainte Trinitc et la
Sainte Famille." It surpasses
its predecessors in quality of
engraving and as a drawing is
one of the most remarkable oi
all the Epinal prints.
The second period in the
history of these prints begins
with the eighteenth century and
extends to 1790. During all of
that time only religious pictures
were printed and these, crudely
colored by means of stencils,
'christ on the cross" published by cardinet, seventeenth century preserved the naive quality of
records of two printers, Pierre Houin
who, in 1617, published Les Rois et dues
d'Austrasie depuis Tbeodoric Ier. The
portrait illustrations were printed from
woodcuts made by Ambroise Ambroise
who later became a printer and pub-
lisher in his own right. In 1633 he pub-
lished Coutumes generates de Lorraine
and les saintes Antiquiles de la Vosge.
Claude Cardinet, who is by some
accounts said to have been of southern
origin, more properly fits the legend
which has been woven about Pellerin.
He was a printer and bookseller in
Epinal about 1660. He supplied the
town authorities with their paper and
did the official printing. Apparently
there was not much of this and in the
effort to make a living he began the
production of religious prints. Two of
his prints remain, one a Christ on the
Cross, and a picture of Saint Nicolas
represented in the act of saving the
three youths. Both of these were printed
sainte anne published by jean-charles didier
CANTIQUE SPIRIflfUEL
A Is loilan?:...'"- fJcTjnaM'-J* Moc-.Siirftir, Msn Ffrcautfais. &e
three twenty-six
august 1925