Le Debordement du Nil.
C. le B. in.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
An allegorical representation of the flooding of the Nile. The Nile is represented by a bearded male figure surrounded by putti, the sphynx and a crocodile. The figure of Mercury paints a portrait of the Nile but the canvas portrays the figure of Louis XIV. After French court painter to Louis XIV Charles le Brun (1619-1690).
[Ref: 46819] £180.00
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet: 215 x 170mm (8¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
An allegorical representation of the flooding of the Nile. The Nile is represented by a bearded male figure surrounded by putti, the sphynx and a crocodile. The figure of Mercury paints a portrait of the Nile but the canvas portrays the figure of Louis XIV. After French court painter to Louis XIV Charles le Brun (1619-1690).
[Ref: 46819] £180.00