French school
XVII century
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Gabriel PERELLE (?)
1604 Vernon + 1677 Paris
Eau-forte originale

Giovanni Battista MERCATI
ca 1600 Borgo S. Sepulcro + après 1637
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Bartsch nr 52; Bartsch ill. nr. Good impression trimmed at the platemark or out this one, of state (of). Creases, a slight diagonal depression in the middle of the paper and a few other minor defects.

Giovanni Benedetto CASTIGLIONE
1609 Gênes + 1664
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Bartsch Ill. nr 50 (II/II). Good impression trimmed about 7 mm in width and 4 mm at top, of 2nd state (of 2), the plate trimmed. Tip of the upper left angle gauche missing; small thin paper areas in the left angles; horizontal fold open at right; some small corps étrangers (inherent to paper ?). […]

Bellini nr 38 (II/II). Good impression of 2nd state (of 2), with the words “An Carac”. Soft vertical crease; a few other slight creases; slight empoussiérage. Small margins.

Giovanni Francesco GRIMALDI
1606 Bologne + 1680 Rome
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Giovanni Francesco GRIMALDI
1606 Bologne + 1680 Rome
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Giulio CARPIONI
1613 Venise + 1678 Vicence
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Guillaume VALLET – Charles François de Loménie de Brienne

Hans Friedrich SCHRORER
1585 Augsbourg + 1654 Augsbourg
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Harmentz van Rijn REMBRANDT
1606 Leyde + 1669 Amsterdam
Eau-forte originale

Good impression irregularly trimmed at the borderline. Glued by the right side; small thin paper areas on the corners; a small hole and two pinhole; two small snags on the edge. Rare.

Hollstein nr 5. Superb impression of the only state. Small foxings, surtout visibles in the small margins and on the back, rests of mounting paper in the upper angles on the back. Watermark : lion dans un écu couronné with initiales de papetier and chiffre 4 at foot (Churchill nr 294, dated 1610). Ex collection […]

Henri MAUPERCHE
ca 1602 Paris ? + 1686 Paris
Eau-forte originale