17th to early 20th cent., various techniques (incl. photogr. of paintings) and sizes (incl. some very large portraits), all under passepartout.
Comprises a.o.: (1) "René Descartes. Chevr. Seigneur du Perron." Oval col. mezzotint portrait, 15 x 13 cm., above engr. text., published in Paris by Blin, ca. 1790; (2) "Descartes composant son Système du Monde". Col. mezzotint dep. Descartes sitting at a table, 13 x 14.5 cm., above engr. text, published by the same as (1), ca. 1790; (3) Renatus Des-Cartes, Dominus de Perron (...)." Engr. portrait by Franciscus van Schooten 1644, 12 x 10 cm, above engr. laudatory poem by Constantijn Huygens And 10 later portraits of the same. Added: 11 others, incl. a large portrait of Voltaire in his library and large portraits of François Halma and Pierre Gassendi (total 27).
17th to early 20th cent., various techniques (incl. photogr. of paintings) and sizes (incl. some very large portraits), all under passepartout.
Comprises a.o.: (1) "René Descartes. Chevr. Seigneur du Perron." Oval col. mezzotint portrait, 15 x 13 cm., above engr. text., published in Paris by Blin, ca. 1790; (2) "Descartes composant son Système du Monde". Col. mezzotint dep. Descartes sitting at a table, 13 x 14.5 cm., above engr. text, published by the same as (1), ca. 1790; (3) Renatus Des-Cartes, Dominus de Perron (...)." Engr. portrait by Franciscus van Schooten 1644, 12 x 10 cm, above engr. laudatory poem by Constantijn Huygens And 10 later portraits of the same. Added: 11 others, incl. a large portrait of Voltaire in his library and large portraits of François Halma and Pierre Gassendi (total 27).
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