Four Old Master Woodcuts: Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691-1764),L'Invention de la Croix

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Four Old Master Woodcuts:

Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691-1764),L'Invention de la Croix after Bernardin Pinturicchio, La Chute de Phaeton after Joseph Cesari, and a mythological scene after Paolo Farinati; John Baptist Jackson (British, c. 1701-c. 1780),Algernon Sidney, after Justus Verus. Woodcuts on paper, plate sizes to 17 1/4 x 10 5/8 in., only the Jackson matted, all unframed. Condition: Scattered foxing, toning, and tears mended with tape affixed to versos.

Provenance: M. Roy Fisher, New York; by family descent to the present owner.
Estimate $100-150


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