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An impression of this print was presented to Louis XVI, shown here on the monument being greeted by Henri IV, by Varène and Janinet on 30th March 1790.
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Projet d'un Monument à ériger pour le Roi (Portalis & Beraldi II, 49)
Details
Jean-Francois Janinet (1752-1814) after M. Varène and Moreau le Jeune
Projet d'un Monument à ériger pour le Roi (Portalis & Beraldi II, 49)
aquatint in colours, 1790, on wove paper, a good impression, signed by Varène and Janinet in brown ink on the reverse, trimmed inside the platemark but well away from the subject, presumably a proof before titles, two horizontal and one vertical crease, the right edge of sheet backed, generally in good condition
S. 465 x 372 mm.
Projet d'un Monument à ériger pour le Roi (Portalis & Beraldi II, 49)
aquatint in colours, 1790, on wove paper, a good impression, signed by Varène and Janinet in brown ink on the reverse, trimmed inside the platemark but well away from the subject, presumably a proof before titles, two horizontal and one vertical crease, the right edge of sheet backed, generally in good condition
S. 465 x 372 mm.
Provenance
J. L. Soulavie (Lugt 1533) and another (not in L.)
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