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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
JEAN MORIN (CIRCA 1590-1650) AFTER PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674)
Memento Mori
Details
JEAN MORIN (CIRCA 1590-1650) AFTER PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674)
Memento Mori
etching and engraving
circa 1645-50
on thick laid paper, with and unidentified watermark Letters T ...
a very fine impression of this extremely rare print
Mazel's first state (of two)
printing very richly and darkly, with intense contrasts, great subtlety and depth
trimmed inside the platemark but with a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on three sides, a thread margin below
some very minor staining and creasing
generally in very good condition
Sheet 324 x 319 mm.
Memento Mori
etching and engraving
circa 1645-50
on thick laid paper, with and unidentified watermark Letters T ...
a very fine impression of this extremely rare print
Mazel's first state (of two)
printing very richly and darkly, with intense contrasts, great subtlety and depth
trimmed inside the platemark but with a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on three sides, a thread margin below
some very minor staining and creasing
generally in very good condition
Sheet 324 x 319 mm.
Provenance
Inscribed 'Vte. Guichardot', in pencil verso; presumably M. Guichardot (d. 1875), Paris (not in Lugt); possibly his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7-10 July 1875.
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Literature
Robert-Dumesnil 39; Mazel 40;
S. W. Reed, French Prints from the Age of the Musketeers, Boston, 1998, no. 113, pp. 212-13 (another impression illustrated).
S. W. Reed, French Prints from the Age of the Musketeers, Boston, 1998, no. 113, pp. 212-13 (another impression illustrated).
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Stefano Franceschi
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