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1649
signed, dated and inscribed ‘S.Bourdon/ 1649/ DILECTUS MIHI ET EGO ILLI/ Petrus Mariette exc. [Pierre Mariette I] (in the plate)
17.9 x 13.9 cm (plate); 35.5 x 23.5 cm (sheet)
Robert-Dumesnil 15[1] ; Thuillier 127,[2] second and final state, a good impression, some occasional dryly printed spots, on an uncut sheet, some folds in the margins, otherwise in good condition

[1] A.-P.-F. Robert-Dumesnil, 'Le peintre-graveur Francais, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole Française', Paris, 1835, vol. 1, pp. 140-141.
[2] J. Thuillier, 'Sébastien Bourdon 1616-1671. Catalogue critique et chronologique de l’œuvre complet', exhib. cat., Montpellier, Le musée Fabre and elsewhere, 2000-2001, p. 270.