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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
FRANÇOIS CHAUVEAU Divers Masques.
Group of 17 (of 19) etchings including the title page etching, circa 1635-45. Each approximately 55x45 mm; 2 1/2x2 inches. Published by Jacques Van Merlen, Antwerp. Very good impressions of these extremely scarce etchings.
Chauveau (1613-1676) was born in Paris, the son of the impoverished noble, Lubin Chauveau and of Marguerite de Fleurs. He studied in the studio of the French Baroque painter Laurent de La Hyre (1606-1656) and specialized in ornamental etching. Louis XIV granted him a pension and the title of Graveur du Roi (King's engraver) in 1662. Chauveau was the first printmaker to become a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on April 14, 1663.
We have not found another set of these etchings at auction in the past 30 years.
