Portrait of Isaac de Benserade, bust-length, looking to right, with long wig, in oval; illustration from Perrault's 'Les Hommes illustres' (Paris, Dezallier, 1696-1700), volume II.--British Museum online catalogue
Title from item., Place and date of publication from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Design divided into four compartments, each containing an oval frame with an image of a character from commedia dell'arte and the name etched below it., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 13 cm.
"Sacrifice of Iphigenia, kneeling in front of the altar, and about to be beheaded by the torturer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date burnished from plate in lower right corner., "Cum priuilegio Regis christ.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse in Latin in three columns below image: Cum foret immiti iamiam mactanda Diana Heu miseri ante oculos Iphigenia patris ..., and Watermark.
