Live auction - Lot 163
[French]
Adoration of the Magi.
1619
Hammer price: €
80
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Etching, 26,0 x 21,2 cm, wove paper, inscription "Pietro Testa Inv. e fece" (few sm. light stains, few marg. spots).
Later impression.
Rare etching by Claude Vignon (1593-1670), who only made 27 prints. 2nd state with the original signature and date erased, and with an attribution to Pietro Testa. Vignon's preparatory drawing is in Paris (Louvre, inv. 22196).
Ref. Robert-Dumesnil VII.150.2.II (of II).