ID 1250716
Lot 91 | JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Les grandes misères et les malheurs de la guerre
the complete set of 18 etchings including title-page
1633
on laid paper, eight sheets with watermark Posthorn (similar to Lieure 44-46), the others without watermark
a very fine set, with strong contrasts, the lightly etched backgrounds printing clearly
the title third, final state, the others second state (of three), with plate numbers but before the erasure of Silvestre’s address
the title with wide margins, the others trimmed to or on the platemark
generally in very good condition
Title-page 216 x 298 mm.
Sheets 83 x 192 mm. (and similar)(18)
Provenance
Sam Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lithuania, Switzerland, USA and England (Lugt 6094); then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Lieure 1339-1356
| Artist: | Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635) |
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| Applied technique: | Etching |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| 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 |
| 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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