Beschreibung:

CALLOT, Jacques Les grands Apôtres debout. etchings, ca. 14,4 x 9,8 cm, laid paper, on title plate: "SALVATORIS BEATAE / MARIAE VIRGINIES SANC- / TORUM APOSTOLORUM / ICONES / A I Callot Inventae, sculptae, et a Iseraele / amico suo in lucem editae. / A PARIS / Avec Privilege du Roy, de l'année 1631.", signature and/or address at bottom (few spots, few sl. browned unevenly). Hinged at upper edges (6 laid down) on 18th-c. etchings of ornamental frames (ca. 21,6 x 15,6 cm). Under passe-partout. Good impressions with margins. Interesting example of collecting practices. Complete set of a series on Christ, Mary and the Apostles standing. Includes the following states: Lieure 1297.I (of I), 1298-1299.II (of II), 1300-1304.II (of III), 1305-1312.III (of III). Some impressions before numbering. Ref. Lieure 1297-Prov. Albert Van Loock (1917-2011), Belgian art dealer (stamp, L. 3751).