Nov 06, 2003 - Sale 1983

Sale 1983 - Lot 122

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FRANÇOIS COLLIGNON (after Della Bella)
Collection of 20 etchings.

Recueil de douze Cartouches, complete set of 12 etchings, circa 1640. Each in the second state (of 4), except for De Vesme 1145 and 1156 which are in the first state (of 4). Most sheets with a powder horn watermark * Première et Deuxième Suites de Quatre Paysages, complete set of 8 etchings, circa 1645. The first 4 prints in an undescribed state between the first and second states (of 2), with the artist's initials only, not his full name; the second 4 prints in the first state (of 2). One with a powder horn watermark, another with a coat-of-arms watermark. Various sizes. Superb, early impressions. DeVesme 1145-56 and 1093-1100.