Lot Essay
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A Collection of Portrait Prints
Details
Jean Morin (circa 1590-1650)
A Collection of Portrait Prints
comprising 43 engravings, circa 1600-1650, many after Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), on laid papers, fine impressions, some trimmed on or just inside the platemark, many with margins, generally in very good condition
S. 370 x 295 mm. (and smaller)
(43)
A Collection of Portrait Prints
comprising 43 engravings, circa 1600-1650, many after Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), on laid papers, fine impressions, some trimmed on or just inside the platemark, many with margins, generally in very good condition
S. 370 x 295 mm. (and smaller)
(43)
Provenance
A number of the prints in this collection have illustrious provenances, including : Friedrich August II, King of Saxony (1797-1854), (L. 971); A. Firmin-Didot (1790-1876), (L. 119); Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg’sches Kupferstichkabinett (L. 2542); and Cabinet Brentano-Birckenstock (L. 345).
Literature
Mazel 46, 48-50, 52-55, 59, 60, 62-65, 67-70, 73-76, 78-80, 83-92, 94, 95
Special notice
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