Figures & Portraits · 17th century
€ 230
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
general age-related toning. German text on verso. Partly mounted to grey paper, please study image carefully.
Antique portrait titled 'Iean Baptiste Gaston de Bourbon'. Portrait of Gaston Duke of Orléans, half-length, turned to left and looking towards the viewer, wearing broad collar and doublet, sash, his hair longer on one side; within lettered oval, in a woodcut border. Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Anonymous.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. German text on verso. Partly mounted to grey paper, please study image carefully.
Date: c.1660
Overall size: 19 x 29 cm.
Image size: 10 x 12 cm.
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