Name: Antique Print-PORTRAIT-CHARLES-DU-FRESNE-DU-CANGE-HISTORIAN-Anonymous-c.1770
SKU: PICTURA-06226
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Antique Print-PORTRAIT-CHARLES-DU-FRESNE-DU-CANGE-HISTORIAN-Anonymous-c.1770

€125.00

‘CHARLES DU FRESNE SIEUR DU CANGE’

– A finely engraved portrait of Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610-1688), a prominent French historian and philologist specializing in the Byzantine and medieval periods. His portrait is enclosed within an ornate oval frame, with a heraldic coat of arms below.

In stock

Description

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 26.5 x 39.3 cm (10.43 x 15.47 inch). Image size: 18.7 x 24.2 cm. (7.36 x 9.53 inch).

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

CHARLES DU FRESNE, DU CANGE, FRENCH HISTORIAN, PHILOLOGIST, BYZANTINE STUDIES, MEDIEVAL HISTORY, 19TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING, HISTORICAL PORTRAIT | PCO-A76-32

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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