Hand Colored Intaglio Prints After Chauveau Engravings of Ceremonial Costumes

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A set of four hand-colored intaglio prints on paper after 17th-century engravings by listed French artist François Chauveau (1613 – 1676). The works depict riders and their horses in elaborate ceremonial costumes. Included are Tympanistes, Tubicen, Americani; Armiger, Ephebus, Americani; Anguienus Dux, Indorum Rex; and Castrorum Præfectus Americanus. The prints are presented under glass in matching gold tone wooden and gesso frames with off-white liners and gold tone fillets, each fitted with hanging wire to the verso.

Condition

- mild discoloration to paper; minor edge wear to frames.

Dimensions

- measures one frame; each visible image measures 10.0" W x 12.0" H.

Item #

17NYC102-016