Fine large half-length portrait engraving

by Jean-Louis Roullet 1645-1699 after Paulus Mignard 1639–1691 of the distinguished composer in formal dress holding a rolled musical manuscript by Jean-Baptiste Lully

$2,200 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Plate impression 515 x 348 mm. + wide margins, sheet size 558 x 420 mm. Portrait within oval border lettered with Lully's name and position, 6 lines of laudatory verse on a decorative cloth draped over a plinth below. Browning to edges of margins; two small 3 mm. spots of foxing. In very good condition overall.Manuscript note to verso indicating that the print was sold by the print shop at the Louvre in Paris. A very fine impression.

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