Comte de Caylus (1692-1765) - A group of Urchins

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Selected by Volker Riepenhausen

Good impression on Japan. Laid down on paper. Biography: Archaeologist, collector, amateur etcher (often signs 'C*') and writer about art; member of the Academy of Painting (1731), and of the Academy of Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres (1742). One of the first individuals to illustrate the shape rather than simply the design of ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals. An important amateur etcher and powerful patron. (British Museum) Condtion is good. Wrinkled paper. Diffuse foxing.

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Comte de Caylus (1692-1765) - A group of Urchins

Good impression on Japan. Laid down on paper.

Biography:
Archaeologist, collector, amateur etcher (often signs 'C*') and writer about art; member of the Academy of Painting (1731), and of the Academy of Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres (1742). One of the first individuals to illustrate the shape rather than simply the design of ancient Near Eastern cylinder seals.

An important amateur etcher and powerful patron.

(British Museum)

Condtion is good. Wrinkled paper. Diffuse foxing.

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€ 8

No reserve price

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Selected by Volker Riepenhausen

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