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Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Phalsbourg

Callot, Jaques (1592-1635, French)

Etching and engraving on laid paper

Jaques Callot, Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Phalsbourg

Jacques Callot
Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Phalsbourg

Description


 

Date: ca. 1623
Medium: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions: 284 x 337 mm. 11 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.                                  
Reference: 
Lieure 505, only state
Watermark: Rampant lion with star (D. Russell, Jacques Callot, Prints and Related Drawings, p. 328, watermark illustrated bottom of page, Russell dates ca. 1623), similar to Lieure watermark 38
Provenance: Galerie R.G. Michel (Paris); 1973 to David Tunick, Inc., New York; 1975 to Private collection, New York; 2015 to David Tunick, Inc., New York
Impression: Very fine, printed with light tone and excellent contrasts
Condition: Nearly perfect, a few tiny spots of rust in the paper, trace of diagonal crease top right corner, narrow margins all around