Marguerite of Lorraine - Bolswert Engraving after Van Dyck - c. 1645
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Original burin engraving of about 1645 with the portrait of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615-1672), Duchess of Orléans, who married Gaston of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, in secret at a time when France and Lorraine were enemies; the king annulled the marriage and the couple could marry again only after his death.
Original burin engraving of about 1645 with the portrait of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615-1672), Duchess of Orléans, who married Gaston of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, in secret at a time when France and Lorraine were enemies; the king annulled the marriage and the couple could marry again only after his death.
It belongs to Van Dyck's Iconography, engraved with the burin by Schelte Adamsz Bolswert; this impression corresponds to the Antwerp edition of Gillis Hendricx, Mauquoy-Hendrickx state IV. At the foot, the inscription MARGARETA PRINCEPS LOTHARINGIA DVCISSA SERE.MA AVRELIANENSIS, with Ant. van Dyck pinxit at the left, cum privilegio at the right and the signature S. a Bolswert sculp. at the lower left.
Medium: Copper engraving (burin).
Artist / after: Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp, 1599 - London, 1641).
Engraver: Schelte Adamsz Bolswert (Bolsward, about 1586 - Antwerp, 1659).
Date: About 1645.
Source: Iconographia series, Gillis Hendricx edition, Antwerp.
Dimensions: Image 9.4 x 11.0 in (24 x 28 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Trimmed inside the plate mark, keeping the inscription at the foot complete. Paper of a uniform ocher tone and slight spotting in the lower margin; mounted on card.
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Original burin engraving of about 1645 with the portrait of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615-1672), Duchess of Orléans, who married Gaston of Orléans, brother of Louis XIII, in secret at a time when France and Lorraine were enemies; the king annulled the marriage and the couple could marry again only after his death.