Author: Cornelis Meyssens (1640-1673)
Title: [Antique portrait print, engraving, 1670] Portrait of Charles-Emanuel II Duke of Savoy (Portret van Karel-Emanuel II hertog van Savoye), published 1670, 1 p.
Description: Bust portrait of Carlo Emanuele II (1634-1675), Duke of Savoy, bust turned to the left, facing front, wearing armour; within an oval. Aged 29 years old.Inscribed at bottom: CARLO EMANUEL DUCA DI SAVOIA PRINCIPE / DI PIEMONTE, & C, ANNO 1663.Signed at bottom right: Cor. Meijssens, Fe, Viennae.Print used in Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo. Historia di Leopoldo Cesare, (...). 3 vols. Vienna, Giovanni Battista Hacque, 1670-1674, vol. 1.[NL] Antieke prent, gravure door Cornelis Meyssens uit 1670. Portret van Karel-Emanuel II, hertog van Savoye en prins van Piemonte. Engraving on laid paper, with margins; total: 294 x 216 mm; with the exception of some dirt on the left margin, in great condition. Traces of previous mounting on verso.

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