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101. Israel Sylvestre (French, 1621-1691)

"Palais Des Thuilleries [sic] Du Cote De L'Entree". From Courses de testes et de bague faittes [sic] par la roi et par les princes et seigneuers de sa coeur en l'annee 1662.(Paris: Impr. Royale, 1670)
Copper plate engraving, unframed.

The image is of Louis XIV and subjects at the Tuilleries, which burned in 1871 and later became two wings of the Louvre. Silvestre's tremendous facility as an etcher led him to be chosen personally by King Louis XIV of France to realize a number of important suites of prints including the "Courses de testes et de bagues" to which the present lot belongs.
21" x 31".

200/400     SOLD: $138.00

Condition: cleaned and restored, repairs to tears and paper losses, creased, surface soil.