Antique Print – CAVALRY-HORSES-TAVERN-FRANCK after own design – 1656

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Etching on hand laid (vergé) paper. Watermark: none on this sheet.
Sheet size: 13,6 x 10,7 cm. (5,4 x 4,2 inch). Image size: 13,5 x 10,5 cm. (5,3 x 4,1 inch).

From a rare series of 25 scenes of military life / scenes of war, published in 1656. Ref: Hollstein German 8 Provenance: Ex. Collection van der Grinten. Detached carrier sheet has a collection mark of the Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Lugt 1612b) and of the same for doublets (Lugt 2482)

Made by ‘Hans Ulrich Franck’ after own design. Hans Ulrich Franck (1603-1680) was a German painter and etcher from Kaufbeuren, Swabia.

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

Keywords: CAVALRY-HORSES-TAVERN

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