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Engraving after Nicolas Poussin (1594 – 1665).
Watermark: grape above cartouche with letters P H, similar to Heawood 2338: England 17th century.
Literature: Dumesnil VIII.217.56 I/II;
Wildenstein 133 I/II;
P. Rosenberg, Nicolas Poussin. La collection du musée Condé à Chantilly, Exh. Cat., Paris 1994, p. 41, fig. 2c;
H. Sandrine, Estampes françaises du XVIIe siècle. Une donation au musée des beaux-arts de Nancy, Paris, 2008, n° 901 I/II.
Wonderful impression of the first state of this large and impressive print, on a full sheet with even plate tone. Very rare.
Lettered N. Poussin invent. F.L.D. Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis.Published by François Langlois, il Ciartres (1588-1647).
After the painting by Nicolas Poussin, c. 1630, now in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France (inv. 298, Thuillier 46)
