Pierre-Paul SEVIN
1650 - 1710/20
Design for the Turenne's thesis, defended in Paris in 1679
Design for plate 3 : The keys of Maastricht offered to Louis XIV
Pen and brown ink, grey wash, sketch with black chalk on the reverse
246 × 153 mm
Provenance: Henry de Chennevières (without any stamp) ; sale 1963, 25 mars, London, Christie’s, n°30 ; L. A. Houthakker (1926-2008), his stamp (Lugt 3893)
Bibliography: Le Nouveau Mercure galant, august 1679, p. 330-333 ; Chennevières 1881, p. 11 ; Charvet 1894, p. 195 ; Fuhring 1989, vol. 1, n°51
Acquired by the Baillieu Library, Univerity of Melbourne, Australia