Claude Lefèbvre, after. Sébastien Lenain de Tillemont. Engraved by Gérard Edelinck. Ca. 1700.

Artist: Lefevre, after. Claude Lefèbvre (1632 - 1675) was a French painter and engraver.Engraver:  Gérard Edelinck (1640 - 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666.Title: Sebastian Lenain de Tillemont. Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (1637 – 1698) was a French historian.Signed and Titled in plate: le Feure pinx. Edelinck sculp. C.P.R. [With royal privilege = con real privilegio]. Sebastien Lenain de Tillemont. Dimensions: Image 10 1/4 x 7 3/8. Backing sheet 19 1/8" x 14 1/8".Date: ca. 1700.Materials and Techniques: Line engraving on laid paper with an indistinct watermark.Mat and Frame: backing sheet. Provenance: STAN. V. HENKELS & SON. Philadelphia, Pa. Valuable etchings, mezzotintos, and line engravings. Auction 1366. Dec. 16 & 17, 1924. Lot 111. The corresponding part of page 8 was cut from the printed catalog and glued to the backing sheet of the mat.Condition: Margins cut to impression. The remnants of an o