CVSichem fecit.
[Dortrecht: De l'Impression de Guillaume Guillemot, 1601.]
Etching, set in letterpress. Sheet 270 x 145mm (10¾ x 5¾"). Laid on album paper.
A life-time portrait of Elizabeth I, shown full-length, holding orb and sceptre, after Christoffel van Sichem I (1546-1624). From the second volume of Jean-François Le Petit's 'La Grande Chronique Ancienne et Moderne, de Hollande, Zelande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'An 1600. The English queen was included as she was, according to the sur-title, 'Protectrice de la liberté des Provinces unies du Pays-bas'.
[Ref: 60222] £320.00
[Dortrecht: De l'Impression de Guillaume Guillemot, 1601.]
Etching, set in letterpress. Sheet 270 x 145mm (10¾ x 5¾"). Laid on album paper.
A life-time portrait of Elizabeth I, shown full-length, holding orb and sceptre, after Christoffel van Sichem I (1546-1624). From the second volume of Jean-François Le Petit's 'La Grande Chronique Ancienne et Moderne, de Hollande, Zelande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'An 1600. The English queen was included as she was, according to the sur-title, 'Protectrice de la liberté des Provinces unies du Pays-bas'.
[Ref: 60222] £320.00