JACQUES BLANCHARD

1600 - Paris - 1638

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Virgin and Child - 1635

Etching. Size of sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm.

Robert-Dumesnil, vol.VIII, 1; Rennes (1998), 69; Herman et al., 2158, Illustrated on page 15 of the catalog; Thuillier, cat.69.fig.1.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr. Richard Jung (L. 3791).

Very fine richly inked impression of this rare print, trimmed to the platemark.

£3,200.-

Jacques Blanchard: Virgin and Child, 1635

It is still debated if Blanchard engraved this print himself or it was done by anonymous hand (See Thuillier, 1998, p.220). Robert-Dumesnil records two versions of this print, the other one with clouds in the background which ‘mal venue a l’opération de l’eau-forte’ (unwelcome to the etching).

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