Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain

Les Chèvres (M. 8)

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Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain
Les Chèvres (M. 8)
two etchings, circa 1630-33, watermarks Fleur-de-Lys under a Crown (M. 15a, similar to Haewood 1632, Rome, early 17th cent.), very fine, rich and early impressions of Mannocci’s second state (left section: second state A, of four; right section: second state, of three), both with the stray lines and foul biting in the blank strip below printing very strongly; the left section with small margins, small paper losses at the left sheet corners; right section trimmed on the platemark on three sides, small margins below, a tiny paper loss at upper right; otherwise both in good condition (2)
P. 200 x 130 mm., S. 204 x 135 mm. (left)
P. 200 x 130 mm., S. 207 x 130 mm. (right)
(2)

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Lot Essay

The first state of this print, before the plate has been cut in half, is only known in one impression, in the British Museum. Of the left section in the present second state A, Mannocci records only two impression in public collections, in London and in Paris (BN). Of the right section he also only records two impressions in the second state: in Oxford and in Paris (BN). The left section compares well with the example in the British Museum.

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