ID 1250696
Lot 88 | JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
La Foire d'Impruneta (Première Planche)
etching
1620
on laid paper, watermark Rampant Bear under Coronet (Lieure 15)
a very fine, tonal impression of the first plate of this subject, created in Florence
the extremely rare third state (of six), with the inscription In firenza at lower right
trimmed to the subject on three sides and below the text
generally in good condition
Sheet 424 x 666 mm.
Provenance
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Lieure 361
| Artist: | Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Artist: | Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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