JEAN DUVET (1485-1561)

Lot 62
02.07.2024 11:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 62 | JEAN DUVET (1485-1561)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
JEAN DUVET (1485-1561)
A King pursued by a Unicorn ('La chasse royale assaillie par une licorne'), from: The Unicorn Series
engraving
circa 1545-1560
on laid paper, watermark Small Shield with three Fleurs-de-Lys and word Nivelle (Briquet 1839, first recorded in 1569)
a very good, clear and strong impression of this rare print
trimmed inside the platemark but outside the borderline or subject on all sides
in very good condition
Sheet 236 x 393 mm.




Literature

Bartsch 40; Robert-Dumesnil 55; Bersier 69; Eisler 66
K. Jacobson (ed.), The French Renaissance in Prints from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, exh. cat., Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 20 (another impression illustrated).
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