PRINT BY: John Smith AFTER/ARTIST: Carlo Maratti PUBLISHER: John Smith DATE: c 1700 METHOD: mezzotint IMAGE SIZE: 11.5 by 9.25 inches oval image area
NOTES: Striking portrait of the celebrated French architect and garden designer, who lived from 1613 to 1700. A very nice detail is the way in which his hand extends outside the roundel. Le Notre is generally credited as the principal designer of the gardens at Versailles, during the 17th Century. See Chaloner Smith 191. Print by John Smith (c1652 to 1742), see also Mackenzie.
CONDITION: Very fine impression, thread margins, small repaired tear in lower left title area, only known state.
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