Lot n° 42

+/- 280 portraits, 16-20th c., various artists, techniques, and sizes. Quite a lot trimmed to borderline, mounted on paper, some compl. underlaid. In all a good collection.

Estimation : 200 / 400
Adjudication : 340 €
Description
Collection of a variety of woodcuts, engravings, etchings, lithographies featuring portraits of kings, politicians, ecclesiastics, artists, etc. from France, the Low Countries, etc., covering a large part of the European history. All illustrations from various books i.a. by de Jode, from "Manuel des Estampes", "Galerie historique de Versailles", i.a. Clovis, Christian of Denmark, P.P. Rubens, Joseph II, the Earls of Zeeland, Alexandre Farnese, Spinola, Christina of Sweden, Benjamin Franklin, Leopold I, Willem of Nassau, Bishops of Antwerp & Malines, etc.
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