Nicolas LOIR
1624 - 1679
L’Enfant Jésus (Child Jesus)
Original etching
283 × 396 mm, wide margins
A fine impression of the second state (of 3), with Mariette’s address, restored tear to the child’s forehead, small restored lack in the subject on the right above the drapery, vertical press crease and other creases in the subject, thinning and reinforced board cut on the left
Watermark: Grape in a circle
Provenance: Defer-Dumesnil (Lugt 739)
Reference: Robert-Dumesnil III 15 ii/iii