Lot Essay
Lucca Penni (1504 – after 1557) was responsible for the design of the allegorical surround.
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Henri II, King of France (Bartsch 3)
Details
Nicholas Beatrizet (1507 or 1515 - circa 1565)
Henri II, King of France (Bartsch 3)
Engraving, 1556, on laid paper, with an indistinct single circle watermark, a very good impression of the first state (of two), before the portrait was altered to a bust portrait of Henri II directed to the right, trimmed to, on or just into the platemark, fractionally into the subject above, a made up paper loss at the upper right
Sheet: 472 x 322 mm.
Henri II, King of France (Bartsch 3)
Engraving, 1556, on laid paper, with an indistinct single circle watermark, a very good impression of the first state (of two), before the portrait was altered to a bust portrait of Henri II directed to the right, trimmed to, on or just into the platemark, fractionally into the subject above, a made up paper loss at the upper right
Sheet: 472 x 322 mm.
Provenance
With Colnaghi’s, London (their stock number C. 34789 on the reverse).
Brought to you by
Laetitia Delaloye
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