10 Antique Prints-FRENCH COSTUMES-17TH.C-LOUIS XIV-S. le Cler-c.1700

Subject: 10 Antique prints, titled: ”Divers costumes Francais du Regne de Louis XIV. Par s. le Clerc.” – (Various French costumes during the reign of Louis XIV. By S. le Clerc.) 9 depictions of costumes and a fragment of the title page.

Condition: Good, given age. Title page, damaged and attached to carrier. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 10 x 15.3 cm. The image size is ca. 6.7 x 10.8 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 3.9 x 6 inch. The image size is ca. 2.6 x 4.3 inch.

Part Number: 66590

Location: PCO-C3-39

Description: From a ‘Suite de 20 planches.’, as titled. Age estimated.

Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Sebastien le Clerc’ after own design. Sebastien le Clerc I. Sebastien Leclerc or Sebastien Le Clerc (1637-1714) was a French artist from the Duchy of Lorraine. He specialized in subtle reproductive drawings, etchings, and engravings of paintings; and worked mostly in Paris, where he was counseled by the King’s painter, Charles Le Brun, to devote himself entirely to engraving. Leclerc joined the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1672 and taught perspective there. He worked for Louis XIV, being made “graveur du Roi” (attached to the Cabinet du Roi), doing engraving work for the royal house. Leclerc also engaged in periodic work as a technical draftsman and military engineer.