Jean Budes, Count of Guébriant - Original Engraving by J. Frosne - 17th C
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  • Jean Budes, Count of Guébriant - Original Engraving by J. Frosne - 17th C

Jean Budes, Count of Guébriant - Original Engraving by J. Frosne - 17th C

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Original copper engraving signed J. frosne fecit, with the portrait of Jean-Baptiste Budes, Count of Guébriant (1602-1643), Marshal of France and lieutenant general of the royal armies in Germany. A bust in a laurel medallion beneath drapery, above a trophy of flags, cannon and the arms of the family.

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Original copper engraving signed J. frosne fecit, with the portrait of Jean-Baptiste Budes, Count of Guébriant (1602-1643), Marshal of France and lieutenant general of the royal armies in Germany. A bust in a laurel medallion beneath drapery, above a trophy of flags, cannon and the arms of the family.

Guébriant, one of the French commanders of the Thirty Years' War, received the marshal's baton in 1642 and died the following year of the wounds received at the siege of Rottweil, so the portrait is posthumous.

Medium: Copper engraving (burin).
Engraver: J. Frosne (1621-1686).
Date: About 1655.
Dimensions: Image 15.2 x 10.5 in (38.7 x 26.7 cm); sheet 19.1 x 13.5 in (48.4 x 34.4 cm).
Condition: Good; paper browned with age, with light staining in the margins.

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