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Lot 30
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Benoit Audran II

Estimate
700 - 1,100 GBP
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Description

  • Benoit Audran II
  • A group of four etchings and engravings after Watteau, Poussin and John Singleton Copley, 18th century
  • Engraving
  • Sheet: various sizes
  • Sheet: Retour de chasse: 445 by 340mm; 17½ by 13 3/8 in
entitled Theresiens Lezter Tag by an unknown artist; Retour de Chasse engraved by Benoit Audran II after Antoine Watteau; The Flight into Egypt after Nicolas Poussin and The Nativity after John Singleton Copley, engraved by Jean Thouvenin

Condition

'Theresiens Lezter Tag': paper discoloration, with staining along lower edge of sheet, a vertical tear in upper section of shee, occasional light surface dirt, scattered foxing, occasional light creasing, other minor defects (unexamined out of frame). 'Retour de Chasse': paper discoloration, tears and some very small paper losses, scattered foxing, creasing, other minor defects (unexamined out of the frame). 'The Flight into Egypt' and 'The Nativity': paper discoloration, staining, foxing, tape (?) around edges of sheets, significantly rubbed and worn areas particularly in the lower margin of 'The Nativity', other minor defects (unexamined out of frames).
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