Print Description
Subject: Antique print, titled: ‘L’ Hiver – les divertissements du Roi-boit.’ – An interior with peasants celebrating Epiphany; all are seated around a large table, at the end of which sits ‘the King’, a man with a paper crown who raises a glass to his lips for the first sip. From a series of four plates representing the seasons.
Condition: Very good, given age. Vertical crease in middle of print with a few holes. A tiny hole in the right side of the print. Some creasing overall. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Etching/engraving on hand laid paper.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 32.7 x 28.3 cm. The image size is ca. 29.3 x 24.9 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 12.9 x 11.1 inch. The image size is ca. 11.5 x 9.8 inch.
Part Number: 58661
Location: (PCO) R1-009 / PCO-Expo-202
Description: Published by Jean Mariette, Pierre Mariette II.
Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Jean I Cotelle’ after ‘Claude Simpol’. Jean I Cotelle (1607-1676) was a French painter and designer. Claude Simpol = Claude Saint-Paul I (1614-) was a French painter from Nancy, son of Jean Saint-Paul. He worked for the Duke of Lorraine.
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