Name: Rare-Antique Master Print-ANNE-D-AUTRICHE-LOUIS-XIV-ROCROI-Beaulieu-1694
SKU: PCO-3462N
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Rare-Antique Master Print-ANNE-D-AUTRICHE-LOUIS-XIV-ROCROI-Beaulieu-1694

€495.00

Anne of Austria seated, passing the regency to her young son, Louis XIV, after the death of Louis XIII. Beside them stands Philippe, Duke of Orleans. Allegorical and political scene referencing the French victory at Rocroi.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 53.9 x 44.1 cm (21.22 x 17.36 inch). Image size: 53.9 x 44.1 cm. (21.22 x 17.36 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to image. Small tears and chipping of the paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANNE OF AUSTRIA, LOUIS XIV, PHILIPPE D’ORL?ANS, ROCROI, REGENCY, 17TH CENTURY, BOURBON, FRENCH MONARCHY, HENNIN COLLECTION, BNF, BATTLE OF ROCROI | PCO-B3-08

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Originally published in [BEAULIEU, Sebastien de Pontault, Sieur de (1612-1674).] Les Glorieuses Conquestes De Louis Le Grand . Paris: Chez l’Autheur, 1694. Possibly a later ed. on vellin.

Reference: Hennin 3391.

Biography artist: Sebastien Pontault de Beaulieu (1612-1674) was a French engineer, who is considered to be the first military topographer, or rather the inventor of that art, during the reign of Louis XIV.