Antique Print-LUDOVICO I-DUKE OF SAVOY-PORTRAIT-Giffart-L’Ange-1701

Original antique print showing a portrait of Ludovico I or Louis I (Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 ? 29 January 1465), Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.

Made by P. Giffart after Francois de L’Ange.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.3 x 27.2 cm (8.78 x 10.71 inch).

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

LUDOVICO I-DUKE OF SAVOY-PORTRAIT | PCO-A17-22

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in France c. 1701. Possibly published as an addition to a series of 33 portraits of Dukes of Savoy by Tasniere, published in 1702 (source BM).

Biography engraver: Pierre Giffart (1631/38 c.-1723), French engraver and publisher, active in Paris.