Les Chèvres (M. 8)

Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain Les Chèvres (M. 8) two etchings, circa 1630-33, watermarks Fleur-de-Lys under a Crown (M. 15a, similar to Haewood 1632, Rome, early 17th cent.), very fine, rich and early impressions of Mannocci’s second state (left section: second state A, of four; right section: second state, of three), both with the stray lines and foul biting in the blank strip below printing very strongly; the left section with small margins, small paper losses at the left sheet corners; right section trimmed on the platemark on three sides, small margins below, a tiny paper loss at upper right; otherwise both in good condition (2) P. 200 x 130 mm., S. 204 x 135 mm. (left) P. 200 x 130 mm., S. 207 x 130 mm. (right) (2)