Original colored engraving with the portrait of Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594-1650), Princess of Conde and mother of the Great Conde, Louis II de Bourbon, engraved by Edmund Hargrave. Mounted in a mat.
Original colored engraving with the portrait of Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594-1650), Princess of Conde and mother of the Great Conde, Louis II de Bourbon, engraved by Edmund Hargrave. Mounted in a mat.
Married in 1609 to Henry II de Bourbon, her beauty caused the ageing Henry IV of France to fall in love with her and the couple to flee to the Spanish Netherlands, an episode that came close to setting off a European war.
Medium: Engraving with color.
Engraver: Edmund Hargrave.
Date: 19th-20th century.
Dimensions: 6.1 x 10 in (15.4 x 25.4 cm).
Condition: Mounted in a mat. It has not been possible to check the print itself: the available photograph does not show it.