[Plate] Bourdon / Tardieu
Christine Reine de Suede. De la Gallerie de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d´Orléans. École Francaise. I.er Tableau de Sebastien Bourdon.
Ca 1800. Plate mark 29 x 42 cm. Paper size 34,5 x 53 cm. Engraving and etching.
Large margins. Some smudging and creases to the margins.
Queen Christina of Sweden (1626- 1689). Designed by Charles Auguste van den Berghe (1798- 1853) after an original by Sebastien Bourdon (1616- 1671). Engraved by Alexander Tardieu (1756- 1844). The text below the captions is a description of the career of Bourdon and his travel to Sweden where he portraied the queen.
Item No: 4160