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The king under a canopy, holding a sceptre and the hand of justice

Jean LEPAUTRE

1618 - 1682

The king under a canopy, holding a sceptre and the hand of justice

1655
Plate from the set of La pompeuse et magnifique cérémonie du sacre du roy Louis XIV fait à Rheims le 7 juin 1654
Etching and engraving after drawings of chevalier Henri Avice
653 × 493 mm, small margins, thread margin on the right, trimmed within the copperplate on the other sides
Very fine impression, double horizontal fold at reverse, slight printer’s crease in the center of the upper subject part, two short tears restored in the upper border
Watermark: Coat of arms with fleur de lys (close to Heawood. 1791)
Reference: Préaud 735-737

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