Name: Antique Master Print-JACQUES-GUILLEMEAU-SURGEON-PORTRAIT-Vallee-1585
SKU: PICTURA-12884
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Antique Master Print-JACQUES-GUILLEMEAU-SURGEON-PORTRAIT-Vallee-1585

€125.00

‘BELOW PORTRAIT: “SOLUS NON POTERAT GUILLAEVM FINGERE PICTOR? ANNO AETATIS 35. 1585. A. VALLEUS FECIT. P. MARIETTE EXCUD.”‘

– Rare and refined portrait engraving of Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613), the French surgeon and pupil of Ambroise Pare. He is depicted half-length, facing the viewer, wearing a characteristic ruff collar and buttoned doublet. The engraving demonstrates highly controlled burin work, with delicate modeling of the face and finely rendered textiles. The inscription references his age (35) and the year 1585, situating the portrait firmly within the late Renaissance. Published by Pierre Mariette in Paris, the print reflects the intellectual prestige of medical professionals in sixteenth-century France.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14.5 x 20.2 cm (5.71 x 7.95 inch). Image size: 14 x 19 cm. (5.51 x 7.48 inch).

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

JACQUES GUILLEMEAU ENGRAVING, ALEXANDRE VALL?E PRINT, FRENCH SURGEON PORTRAIT, 16TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, AMBROISE PAR? PUPIL | PCO-E31-48

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Engraving by Alexandre Vallee, published by Pierre Mariette, Paris.

Biography engraver: Alexandre Vallee (1558-c.1618) was a French engraver active in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He is known for his precise burin engravings, particularly portraits of notable intellectual and professional figures.