Painting by Schalken engraved by Basset, rue St

Hi,
I purchased a print of a painting by Godfridius Schalken, engraved by Basset, rue St. Jaques, Paris
The title of the painting is La Prière du Soir (Evening Prayer)
Any idea how old it may be or what it's worth? I don't want to sell it (yet)
Apparently the zip file is too large to upload here.
Please help!
Many thanks,
Fabienne

 

Thanks

 

I'm finding nothing on the information provided.
Godefridus Schalcken (1643-1706)
André Basset (flourished 1749-c1787)

Schalcken apparently painted in chiaroscuro, a technique emphasizing light and shadow. It lends itself to mezzotint in prints, so that might be worth looking at.

Here's Schalcken's "Sainte Madeleine at Prayer"

 

I think there are too many reflections for an image search to be of use.


What does this say:


And this:


From that rather bad photo, it does have the look of a mezzotint.

 

Painted by Schalken ( left)
La Prière du soir is the title right under the picture in the middle
Further down: Paris chez Basset rue St Jacques n°64
Engraved by J. J. Van den Bergh
For the moment I dare not to remove the glass which, by itself is quite old

 

According to the British Museum, Basset was at that address from c.1812 to c.1885.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG18637

Debora

 

Likely engraved by Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe (1752-1824), and published by André Basset.
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Given Deborah's info, that would be published by Paul-André Basset or a successor:
https://www.geographicus.com/P/ctgy&Category_Code=bassettpaulandre

 

info from the Rijksmuseum:
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1908-2589

(click where it says "more details")

That's the only copy I'm finding.

 

Quite a lovely image. And isn't that an interesting candleholder?

Debora

 

Wow, thank you so much kind stranger

 

Wow! This is beautiful.

 

The wonder of "Screen shots"!!!

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https://www.antiquers.com/media/la-...graved-by-ignatius-joseph-van-den-bergh.9476/