[L'Horreur ou Un Tombeau violé.]
R.A.Houasse pinx. L.Audran sculp. A Paris chez la Veuve Audran rue S.t Iacques aux 2 piliers d'or. Engraving. Plate: 350 x 280mm (13¾ x 11"), very large margins. Light foxing and paper tone in margins and some tears. A moralistic scene showing the horror of a soldier, who in the hunt for gold and treasure has violated a tomb to find a maggot ridden, partially decomposed corpse. The original 1686 oil is housed in the musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orleans.
[Ref: 40783] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)