WALLERANT VAILLANT (1623-1677)
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WALLERANT VAILLANT (1623-1677)

The so-called Portrait of Prince Rupert

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WALLERANT VAILLANT (1623-1677)
The so-called Portrait of Prince Rupert
mezzotint, circa 1660-75, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys without Shield (not in Briquet, Heawood or Laurentius), a very good impression of the second, final state, with the inscription, with wide margins, some very minor staining and foxing in the margins, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 213 x 165 mm., Sheet 269 x 209 mm.
Literature
Hollstein 192
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Lot Essay

This print by Wallerant Vaillant, one of the earliest practitioners of the mezzotint technique, is a reversed copy of a print which Hind attributed to Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who was traditionally understood to be the inventor of this printing technique. Hind's attribution has been doubted, as has been the indentification of the sitter as Prince Rupert himself.

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