Pair of Framed Louvre Reproduction Engravings From "Courses De Testes Et Bagues Faittes Par Roy" 1662

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Vintage Louvre restrike of plates by Silvestre and François Chaveau from a series of 106 plates published in 1670. The … more Vintage Louvre restrike of plates by Silvestre and François Chaveau from a series of 106 plates published in 1670. The series depicts jousting festivities given by Louis XIV at Tuileries in which nobles dressed as Persians, Americans, Romasn, and Turks. The series was entitled " Courses de Testes et de bagues Faittes par Roy et par les Princes et Signeurs de sa Cour, en l'annee 1662". Marked with the Louvre seal and framed in original vintage frames. Light wrinkling to both prints. less