Auction 1
Atlases, maps, rare books & art
By Van de Wiele Auctions
Contact auction house
May 25, 2024
Groeninge 34, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Auction Saturday 25.05.2024
11 am N° 001-158
2 pm N° 159-536
The auction has ended
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LOT 83:
[PHYSIONOTRACE]
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Sold for: €360
Start price:
€
180
Estimated price :
€180 - €260
Buyer's Premium: 26%
VAT: 6%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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[PHYSIONOTRACE]
Cuivre avec portrait d'un homme (ca. 1810)
Copper plate with a rare physionotraces of an engraved profile portrait was made with the use of the light of a lamp, which cast the profile of a sitter onto a glass plate, from where it was copied by a mechanical engraving apparatus onto a copper plate. Because of their realism, physionotraces are seen as precursors of photographs
'Dessiné et gravé par Quenedey, Rue Croix de petits Champs 10 à Paris'. Plaque en cuivre (7.5 x 6.5 cm)
