1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Francis Duke Anjou Alencon France Monarchy EUM2 SCA3 copper engraving of a 15th

copper engraving of a 15th century fresco by Masaccio (finished by Filippino Lippi) in the Brancacci Chapel of the Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence

This is a rare original 1923 black and white print ad for Whitman's Chocolates from Stephen F

Gibbeclive Mill

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1721 Copper Engraving Portrait Francis Duke Anjou Alencon France Monarchy EUM2 SCA3 copper engraving of a 15thThis is an original 1721 black and white copper engraving of "Franciscus Herzog von Alencon." This is a portrait of Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alenon, the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. The portrait is surrounded by a wonderful decorative motif mimicking a frame against a wonderfully etched background. It features two lions flanking a cherub resting above an angelic face at the top of the print. From the corners appears a