Name: Antique Print - HENRI COIFFIER DE RUZE-MARQUIS-CINQ MARS-PORTRAIT-MONCORNET after unknown artist - c.1650
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Antique Print – HENRI COIFFIER DE RUZE-MARQUIS-CINQ MARS-PORTRAIT-MONCORNET after unknown artist – c.1650

€125.00

Mesire Henri Ruze Deffiat Chevalier Signeur (…) – This scarce original antique print depicts a portrait of Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (1620 – 1642), a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, who led the last and most nearly successful of the many conspiracies against the king’s powerful first minister, the Cardinal Richelieu.

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SKU: pco20190618portraits-57 Category: Portraits-Figures Tag: Portrait

Description

Mesire Henri Ruze Deffiat Chevalier Signeur (…)

Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 12,4 x 15,5 cm. (4,9 x 6,1 inch). Image size: 11,8 x 15 cm. (4,6 x 5,9 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: Good, given age. A few minor spots. Small crease upper left. Paper right edge browned. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: HENRI COIFFIER DE RUZE-MARQUIS-CINQ MARS-PORTRAIT

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