ORIGINAL ENGRAVING : PORTRAIT OF GUILLAUME OF BRISACIER BY ANTOINE MASSON c1664 - $695 - (New York, NY)

PORTRAIT OF GUILLAUME OF BRISACIER BY ANTOINE MASSON c1664 COPPER ENGRAVING BY N. MIGNARDOUTER FRAME SIZE : 23 1/2" x 27 1/2" THIS 1664 COPPER ENGRAVING IS IN ITS ORIGINAL MARSHALL FIELDS STORES FRAME MADE IN CHICAGO CIRCA 1897. THE FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL WAVY GLASS AND STORE LABEL.THE WOOD BACKING OF THE FRAME HAS NOT BEEN OPENED SINCE IT WAS FRAMED 120+ YEARS AGO. THE FRAME IS POLISHED NATURAL OAK WITH A NICE BALL FILET. OTHER STATES OF THIS PRINT ARE IN THE PARIS MUSEE' du LOUVRE COLLECTION AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN WASHINGTON D.C. AMONG OTHER MORE PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD.THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION.ENGRAVING CONDITION IS VERY GOOD WITH A TINY SCUFF. (SEE PICS)FRAME CONDITION IS VERY GOOD WITH 2 TINY BALLS CHIPPED ON THE LOWER FILET. (SEE PICS) ANTOINE MASSON (French 1636-1700) HISTORY OF THE PRINT: THIS PRINT IS PART OF THE SERIES OF LARGE BOUND ALBUMS CONTAINING ENGRAVED PORTRAITS AND ENGRAVINGS FROM THE CABINET FORMED BY LOUIS PHILIP, DUKE OF ORLEANS AND THE FRENCH KING. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ALBUM SPANNED OVER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND WAS KEPT AT THE PALAIS-ROYAL. OF THE 114 VOLUMES WHICH ARE KEPT TRACK, 75 ARE NOW KEPT AT VERSAILLES WHICH CONTAIN ONLY 65 PRINTS. THE ALBUMS WERE THEN KEPT IN THE MANOR OF ANJOU, NEAR BRUSSELS, IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY D'ORLEANS COUNT OF PARIS, THEN, WHEN IN 1948 THE PRINCE AND HIS FAMILY LEFT BELGIUM TO SETTLE IN PORTUGAL, VOLUMES WENT ON SALE IN BRUSSELS. AT THE REQUEST OF CHARLES MAURICHEAU BEAUPRE, THE COMTE DE PARIS AGREED TO REMOVE VOLUMES AND SOLD AT VERSAILLES FOR 1.2 MILLION FRANCS. SEE DELALEX HELENA, "THE COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF LOUIS PHILLIP AT VERSAILLES," REVUE DES MUSEES DE FRANCE. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE.

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