Original steel engraving with four courtiers of the French court of 1572: short cloaks, slashed trunk hose, feathered caps and a lady in a low-necked bodice. Bilingual heading "France (1572) / Francia (1572)" and a two-language caption, "Courtisans / Palaciegos".
Original steel engraving with four courtiers of the French court of 1572: short cloaks, slashed trunk hose, feathered caps and a lady in a low-necked bodice. Bilingual heading "France (1572) / Francia (1572)" and a two-language caption, "Courtisans / Palaciegos".
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Vernier, according to the old record
Engraver / lithographer: Lemaitre's workshop ("Lemaitre direxit")
Date: Circa 1840
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 in (21.2 x 14 cm)
Condition: Fair. Paper toned with foxing in the margins and small tears and irregularities at the right edge; the image clean.