(SOUTH AMERICA) Louis François Charon engraver; after Martin

Sale 2580 - Lot 348

Price Realized: $ 438

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(SOUTH AMERICA) Louis François Charon, engraver; after Martine. Portrait of Simón Bolívar. Aquatint, 20 x 14 1/2 inches; minor foxing and wear. Paris: Jean, circa 1820s

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A heroic portrait of Bolívar wielding a sword on the battlefield. The artist of the source image died in 1815, but the caption text names Bolívar as president of the Republic of Colombia, placing the date after 1819. None traced at auction since 1916; one other example traced, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.