Antiochia – Cassas, Louis François (Azay-le-Ferron, Indre, 1756 – Versailles 1827). Antioche, vue de la porte dite de Médine (Bab el-Medynah), prise en dehors, sur le chemin de Halep. Numerous rush at the gate approached by a caravan, too. Engraving by supposedly Michel Picquenot (1747 Rouen after 1808). (1799.) Inscribed: Dessiné par L. F. Cassas. / Gravé par Picquenot. 29,4.9 x 46.4 cm.

Painterly  sheet. – “Picquenot … brought it … to great skills, especially in the representation of the landscape” (Nagler). – Uncut. – The wide plate and papermargin here and there mostly quite minimally stained.
Offer no. 12,531 / EUR  445. / export price EUR  423. (c. US$ 544.) + shipping

Together with the pendant 12,532
Offer no. 12,533 / EUR  844. / export price EUR  802. (c. US$ 1031.) + shipping

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