Auction 01.24.21
2021 NEW YEARS FINE ART AUCTION
By Worthington Galleries
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Jan 24, 2021
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LOT 186P:
Rare Woodcut Engravings FIGURES HISTORIQUES DU VIEUX TESTAMENT Jean Cousin the Younger, Matthew 3 & 4
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Rare Woodcut Engravings FIGURES HISTORIQUES DU VIEUX TESTAMENT Jean Cousin the Younger, Matthew 3 & 4
Rare 1614 Woodcut Engravings from FIGURES HISTORIQUES DU VIEUX TESTAMENT [HISTORICAL FIGURES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT] | Attributed to Jean Cousin the Younger (French, Sens ca. 1522-1594 Paris) | Approx. Dimensions: Overall: 14 x 10 3/16 (35.5 x 25.9) | Published: Paris: by Jean Le Clerc. Date: 1614 | 2 original pages from FIGURES HISTORIQUES DU VIEUX TESTAMENT | Matthew Chapter 3, p. 175: LE BAPTEME DE JESUS CHRIST PAR SAINCT JEAN [THE BAPTISM OF JESUS CHRIST BY SAINT JOHN] | Matthew Chapter 4, p. 176: LES TROIS TENTATIONS DE JESUS PAR SATHAN [THE THREE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS BY SATAN] | In very good + condition | Catalogue Raisonné: Destailleur - Livres rares, 7.29; Destailleur - Livres et Estampes, 1140; Firmin-Didot - Etude sur Jean Cousin, p. 143; Firmin-Didot - Sale, 1882; No. 459; Brun, p. 205; R-D, IX.11.III; and Harvard, 101. See https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/346028.
