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[Jérôme Bignon.]
[Jérôme Bignon.]
P. de Champaigne pinxit. F. Poilly sculpsit.
1664.
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 390 x 320mm (15¼ x 12¼"). Light horizontal crease. Small surface marks on sheet.
A portrait of French laywer Jérôme Bignon (1589-1656), after Philippe de Champaigne (1602 - 1674). Bust directed to right, with curled hair and robes, in an oval frame on ledge with a coat of arms below the image. Jérôme Bignon was a French lawyer born in Paris, who gained great reputation after publishing 'Choréographie, ou description de la Terre Sainte' in 1600, which served to introduce the author to Henry IV, who placed him for some time as a companion to the Duke of Vendôme, and made him tutor to the 'dauphin', and afterwards Louis XIII.
[Ref: 33859]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Virgini Matris.]
[Virgini Matris.]
F. Poilly ex cum privl Regis [n.d., c.1660].
Engraving. 365 x 360mm (18¼ x 14¼"). Trimmed close to plate, creasing.
Head and shoulders portrait in oval of the Virgin Mary, hands joined in prayer. It is a detail of a painting by Raphael and his studio, 'Madonna del Divino Amore', now at the Museo et Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples.
[Ref: 57443]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cardinal Jules Mazarin.]
[Cardinal Jules Mazarin.]
F. Migard, P. F. Poilly Sculp. 1660.
Engraving. 400 x 295mm (15¾ x 11½"). Trimmed within image, small nick in bottom edge, creased, ink collector's stamp affecting bottom right corner.
Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin (1602-61), an Italian cardinal who Chief Minister to Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 until his death.
Ink stamp unidentified.
[Ref: 49643]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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