Titelprent met zicht op kasteel Versailles met stoet ruiters
Israël Silvestre
after 1664-05-07 - 1664
Medium
etching
Dimensions
423; 282
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760
About the Artist
Israël Silvestre
Israël Silvestre (1621–1691) was one of the most accomplished and prolific topographical etchers of seventeenth-century France, a draughtsman whose meticulous views of European cities, royal châteaux, and ancient ruins served simultaneously as artistic documents and instruments of royal prestige. Born on 13 August 1621 in Nancy, Lorraine, Silvestre was orphaned at an early age and taken in by his ...