Live Auction 1516Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints
Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain
Lot 214

Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain

Le Passage du Gué (M. 12)

Closed19 March 2014

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GBP 5,000

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Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain
Le Passage du Gué (M. 12)
etching, 1634, without watermark, a fine, rich and early impression of Mannocci's second state B (of five), without any wear and with the two accidental scratches in the sky right printing very clearly, with small margins, the tip of the lower right corner re-attached, otherwise in very good condition
P. 104 x 172 mm., S. 111 x 178 mm.

Specialist note

Only the first and second states of this print are contemporary, all subsequent states posthumous. The first state, with the etched signature obscured, is known in one impression only. Early impressions of the present second state, such as the present one, are also very rare. This impression appears stronger, almost over-inked compared to the example in the British Museum.