CHRISTINA A SALMIS LOTH CALABRIAE BARRI GELDRIAE DUCISSA c.1762-63
Engraving | 27.6 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 615746.aw
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Engraving of Christina of Salm, Duchess of Lorraine. Bust length in profile with pearl earrings and necklace, open collar, and gown. Within an oval border with coat of arms and Latin inscription on entablature below.
From a series of prints originating from the two volumes of, Suite des portraits des Ducs at Duchesses dec la Maison Royale de Lorraine, dessines et graves d'apres les Medailles de St. Urbain. The volumes were published in 1762 and 1763 with engravings by Carlo Faucci and Antonio Pazzi, after drawings by Giuseppe Magni and Giuliano Traballesi. The plates were published alongside a dissertation by Antoine Augustin Calmet. The portraits in this series were all engraved after medals by Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (1658-1738).
For a copy of the volumes in the Royal Collection, see RCIN 1021663.
For the 65 plates taken from this series see RCIN 613672, RCIN 613716, RCIN 613778, RCIN 613854, and RCINs 615746.a-bi. -
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27.6 x 19.9 cm (sheet of paper)
25.5 x 18.0 cm (platemark)
22.7 x 15.2 cm (image)
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