Antique Print – MESSIRE GRATIAN MENARDEAU-COUNSELOR-KING-PORTRAIT-MONCORNET after unknown artist – c.1650

Messire Gratian Menardeau Conseiller du Roy (…)

Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 12 x 15,6 cm. (4,7 x 6,1 inch). Image size: 11,7 x 15,4 cm. (4,6 x 6,1 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 small creases bottom left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: MESSIRE GRATIAN MENARDEAU-COUNSELOR-KING-PORTRAIT

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