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Claude Mellan
René de Longueil
XVIIIth-century restrike

    Artist: Caude Mellan (1598-1688)
    Title: René de longueil, marquis de Maisons
    Date: XVIIIth-century restrike
    School: French, XVIIIth-century
    Medium: engraving
    Dimensions: 166 x 125mm (plate), 252 x 180mm (sheet)
    Watermark: none

    Inscriptions/marks: In the plate lower centre <JEAN DE LONGUEIL/Marq.s de Maisons, Présid. Au Mortier./Mort le .10 Avril 1705. Agé de 80. ans>>, in the plate lower left and lower right border <<Cl Mellan del.>> <<et Sculpsit>>
    Condition: Good condition on laid paper with large margins
    Description: Portrait of René de Longueil, head and shoulders, directed to left, glancing to front, wearing fur-lined robe. Original plate altered from oval to a square format portrait and reprinted in the XVIIIth century, in this case for the Recueil  de Velly, v. 4 (1781)

    Reference: IFF Mellan 168 iii/iii
    Provenance: Colette Mas, Paris