tiré de Roland l'Amoureux. L. pr ch. XIIII.e du Boyard.
J. Dumont le Rom. pinx. C.N. Cochin Sculp.
Se vend a Paris chez la v.e Chereau ruë St Jacques aux 2 pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi. [1733.]
Engraving. 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
Angelique, carried by angels, comes to rescue the magician Maugis from a rock on which he had been chained. One of a series of scenes from the 12th-century Old French chanson de geste 'Les Quatre Fils de Aymon', the four sons of Aymon who revolted against Charlemagne); Maugris was their cousin who built their castle Montessor on a peak overlooking the Meuse.
[Ref: 44987] £230.00
Se vend a Paris chez la v.e Chereau ruë St Jacques aux 2 pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi. [1733.]
Engraving. 275 x 350mm (10¾ x 13¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
Angelique, carried by angels, comes to rescue the magician Maugis from a rock on which he had been chained. One of a series of scenes from the 12th-century Old French chanson de geste 'Les Quatre Fils de Aymon', the four sons of Aymon who revolted against Charlemagne); Maugris was their cousin who built their castle Montessor on a peak overlooking the Meuse.
[Ref: 44987] £230.00