Hind nr 15 (I/VI). Very good impression of first state (of six) before Bouchard and Gravier’s address. Some pronunced folds and creases mostly at top, slight vertical median crease. Small margins. Rare. Watermark : lily flower in a double circle.
New Hollstein nr 340 (I/III). Good impression of first state (of three), before the address change. Forte oxidation of the sheet; creases and stains; marginal creases; some pinhole. Good margins. Watermark : dobule C crowned. Plate of the set of “Nouvelles inventions des Temps Modernes”, 1588-1591.
Poncetton nr 1 (I/II). Good impression. Ensemble d’une gravure et d’un dessin préparatoire by ink, la seconde signed; la première du first state (of 2), before que le visage du nain ne soit gratté. Some creases and breaks, rests of mounting paper on the back and some stains à la première; folds, small tears and […]
Dimension: 205 (etching) - 170 (drawing) mm x 285 (etching) - 230 (drawing) mm
Titled at foot on center. Annotated on the back by a main “recent” : “6 modèles ayant servi pour des assiettes commandées par le Roi de Hollande”. Rares piqûres and slight oxidation.
Beraldi nr 16; I.F.F. nr 133. Very good impression on laid paper, with many retouchs with pencil by the artist with a view to a possible reduction of the platemark. Slight oxidation at the window of an old mounting. Good margins. Very rare. Ex collection H. M. Petiet.
L. Marchesano and C. Michel nr 3; Robert-Dumesnil nr 42. Very good impression in two sheet assemblées. Slight foxings, mostly in the lower. Vertical median fold; some tiny épidermures and some marginal short tears. Girard Audran and Gérard Édelinck traduisirent, between 1672 and 1678, les grandes toiles peintes par Charles Le Brun illustrant les Batailles […]
Very good impression on laid paper in colors of the time, trimmed at the platemark or slightly into this one. Stain in the right lower angle and some slight creases.