Joannes Baptista Rousseau, Natus Anno 1670. Certior in nostro carmine vultus erit. Mart. L.7. Ep.84.
J. Aved pinxit. G.F. Schmidt Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Unidentified collector's stamp on reverse.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was a French playwright and poet particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Watermark listed as Lugt, L.3205, unidentified.
[Ref: 62188] £480.00
[n.d. c.1740.]
Very scarce engraving. 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼"). Mounted in album paper at sides. Unidentified collector's stamp on reverse.
Three-quarter length portrait of Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1670-1741), sitting in an armchair, looking to the right with a quill in his left hand and sheets in his right hand. Rousseau was a French playwright and poet particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.
Watermark listed as Lugt, L.3205, unidentified.
[Ref: 62188] £480.00