Original etching by Jan Piotr Norblin, dated top left 1778, format 1.8 x 1.8 cm, glued with right corners to beige cardboard (with notes in pencil). Good condition.
[description edit: according to Smolik (p.30), prints from the original, on thin paper(as in this case), are posthumous, made by the artist's sons or subsequent owners of the 19th century plates].
Source: [Smolik item 23 on page 41, Rastawiecki item 22 on page 206, Hillemacher item 77 on page 24].
Jan Piotr Norblin (Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1745-1830) - French painter, draughtsman and printmaker, resided in Poland in 1774-1804, employed by the Czartoryski family. Leading painter of the Stanislaus era in Poland, considered the father of Polish genre painting. A collector of prints, an admirer of Rembrandt, on whom he modeled when creating his own etchings. Drawing teacher of the children of Prince Adam Czartoryski. He inspired the younger generation of Polish artists - such as Michał Płoński, Aleksander Orłowski and Jan Rustem. Upon his return to France, he took his sketches with him, on the basis of which prints were made (e.g. folk costumes, engraved by Debucourt). At least 94 prints by him are known.
Bibliography: Titles and catalog numbers of prints according to books by P. Smolik "Jan Piotr Norblin's engraving works" from 1934 digitized piece https://polona.pl/item/jana-piotra-norblina-prace-rytownicze,MzYxMTc5MjE/54/#info:metadata, "Jan Piotr Norblin as an engraver" by F.D. Hillemacher, translation of the French edition of 1848, published in Vilnius, in 1851(https://polona.pl/item/jan-piotr-norblin-jako-sztycharz,NjgzODUxNjM/9/#info:metadata) and E. Rastawiecki's "Dictionary of Polish Engravers" of 1886(https://polona.pl/item/slownik-rytownikow-polskich-tudziez-obcych-w-polsce-osiadlych-lub-czasowo-w-niej,OTgwODk2ODU/4/#info:metadata )