CLAUDE GELLÉE, LE LORRAIN Le Départ pour les Champs.
Etching, circa 1638-41. 130x181 mm; 5 1/8x7 1/8. inches, thread margins. Third state C (of C) (of 4), with the curving scratch across the mountain lower center. Ex-collection Jules Michelin (Lugt 1490; acquired from the D. G. de Arozarena collection, see Lugt 109, his sale Clement, Paris, 1861, according to an inscription in ink, verso). A very good impression of this scarce etching with strong contrasts and little to no sign of wear. Mannocci 34.
