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Nicolas III de Larmessin, Louis XIV, king of France, in bust, Gravure originale au burin, Galerie Paul Prouté Paris

Nicolas III de Larmessin

1640-1725

Louis XIV, king of France, in bust

Original engraving
400 × 330 mm, small margins
Very fine impression before the letter, soilings at reverse 
Provenance: H. Beraldi (Lugt 230).
Reference: Firmin-Didot 1038 ?, I. B. N. F. not describe

This print doesn’t correspond to any portraits described in the inventory of the Bibliothèque Nationale ; but, a lot of elements concord with the description of Firmin-Didot, but the frame seems to be different : there is no border with the king name and the signature isn’t in the same place. It’s maybe a fisrt state before a radical modification of the print.

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