CLAUDE MELLAN (1598-1688)
The Holy Face, or: The Veil of Saint Veronica
engraving, 1649, on laid paper, watermark letters BC, a very good impression of the second, final state, printing with plate tone at upper left, with small to narrow margins, pale time staining and pale scattered foxmarks, a short repaired tear and a few nicks at the margins, some soft handling creases at the corners and elsewhere, some tiny abrasions at lower left
Plate 431 x 314 mm., Sheet 437 x 320 mm.
CLAUDE MELLAN (1598-1688)
The Holy Face, or: The Veil of Saint Veronica
engraving, 1649, on laid paper, watermark letters BC, a very good impression of the second, final state, printing with plate tone at upper left, with small to narrow margins, pale time staining and pale scattered foxmarks, a short repaired tear and a few nicks at the margins, some soft handling creases at the corners and elsewhere, some tiny abrasions at lower left
Plate 431 x 314 mm., Sheet 437 x 320 mm.