Antique Print – CLAUDE DE RUEL-COUNSELOR-KING OF FRANCE-PORTRAIT-MONCORNET after unknown artist – c.1650

Reverend Pere en Dieu Messire Claude de Ruel (…)

Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 11,8 x 16,3 cm. (4,6 x 6,4 inch). Image size: 11,3 x 15,8 cm. (4,4 x 6,2 inch).

Published in Paris c. 1650.

Made by Balthasar Moncornet after an anonymous artist. Balthasar Moncornet (c.1600-1668) was a French painter, engraver and print dealer. He is an interesting and talented, but under-appreciated engraver. He is the father of Jean Moncornet.

Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: CLAUDE DE RUEL-COUNSELOR-KING OF FRANCE-PORTRAIT

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