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A Monk painting the Symbols of the Fall of Man, Moses receiving the Tables and the Redemption.
Anonymous (“J. Bap.?”)
* probably active in France in the last quarter of the seventeenth century
Etching. Size of sheet: 23.3 x 16.1 cm.
The oval on the lower part of the picture comprises of the coat of arms of the de Tellier Family. Michel le Tellier de louvois (1641 – 1691) was the minister in charge of Louis XIV’s armies. At the death of Colbert, became the Surintendant des Batiments du Roi, taking charge of the building of the Chateau de Versailles.
An early impression before the letter.
£ 1800.-