Picart Bernard - Leucothoé et Apollon - Etching on wire rod paper (1742)
Lot 55 · Auction 05 - Old Master Prints and Maps · 15 April 2025
Estimate: £200 - £250
Black and white etching on wire rod paper, representing "Leucothoe seduced by Apollo in the shape of Eurynome", as the capture reports.
Beautiful plate with fresh impression, from the volume “Le Temple des Muses”, published in Amsterdam in 1742 by Zacharias Chatelain. Capture (under the image) and author inscribed: "B. Picart del.1731" under the frame engraved, on the lower-left margin. In very good conditions, except for a usual light yellowing of the margins and some ink minor stain on the right margin in correspondence of the binding, some light foxings on the lower margin. Overall the engraved image is near perfect conditions.