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Frontispiece with Allegory of the Peace of Westminster. 1674.
Melchior Küsel
* 1626 in Augsburg † 1682 in Augsburg
Etching after Gérard de Lairesse (1641 Liège - 1711 Amsterdam). Size of sheet: 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
Literature: not in Hollstein. Maybe undescribed.
Provenance: Unidentified collector's mark on the verso (L. 4269).
A copy in reverse after Lairesse’s very large etching (Hoy, 1992, G72), which is a pair to Gloire de Guillaume d’Orange. A very fine proof with two unfinished squares below, where in the Lairesse etching are two coat of arms. Mounted on a 17th century album sheet. Trimmed to the platemark.
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