Robert NANTEUIL
1623 - 1678
Michel de Marolles
1657
Original engraving
165 × 106 mm, good margins
Fine impression pasted on paper, of the first state (of 4), prior to the two lines in the lower left corner and the modification of the shape to an oval, fold on the right margin, slight soiling on the margins
Provenance: R. de Perthuis (Lugt 4237)
Reference: Petitjean and Wickert 152 i/iv
Ecclesiastic, art collector and translator, the abbot of Marolles gathered about 200 000 prints. Bought at Louis XIV’s request by Colbert, these prints founded what became today’s Cabinet des estampes of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.