Artist: Lefevre, after. Claude Lefèbvre (1632 - 1675) was a French painter and engraver.
Engraver: Gérard Edelinck (1640 - 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666.
Title: Sebastian Lenain de Tillemont. Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (1637 – 1698) was a French historian.
Signed and Titled in plate: le Feure pinx. Edelinck sculp. C.P.R. [With royal privilege = con real privilegio]. Sebastien Lenain de Tillemont.
Dimensions: Image 10 1/4 x 7 3/8. Backing sheet 19 1/8" x 14 1/8".
Date: ca. 1700.
Materials and Techniques: Line engraving on laid paper with an indistinct watermark.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: STAN. V. HENKELS & SON. Philadelphia, Pa. Valuable etchings, mezzotintos, and line engravings. Auction 1366. Dec. 16 & 17, 1924. Lot 111. The corresponding part of page 8 was cut from the printed catalog and glued to the backing sheet of the mat.
Condition: Margins cut to impression. The remnants of an old mounting tape. Separated from the backing sheet. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Robert-Dumesnil. Le peintre-graveur français. Paris, 1844. Volume 7, p 281, #241.
Part of: [Charles] Perrault. Les Hommes illustres..." Paris, 1696-1700. Vol. 1, between p.p 12-13.
Museums and Libraries: Rijksmuseum, RP-P-BI-7537. The Fitzwilliam Museum, P.7013-R.
Note: the detached backing sheet is available for free at the request of the buyer, but increases the shipping price.