Allegory in Honor of Henri IV
Allegory in Honor of Henri IV by French Engraver François Marie Isidore Queverdo (1748 – 1797); and finished by French Artist Jean Dambu (1741 – 1808)
This is a beautiful a gravação done by François Queverdo to honor Henri IV (1553 – 1610) who was also known as the epithet Good King Henry or Henry the Great.
He was King of Navarre (as Henry III) a partir de 1572 and King of France from 1589 para 1610; and was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
He was assassinated in 1610 by François Ravaillac (1578 – 1610), a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII (1601 – 1643).
The engraving has the following inscriptions.
On the top left that reads: Defcends du hant des cieux augufte Verite (Descend from heaven august Verite)
On the top right that reads: Repand fur mes ecrits ta force & ta clarte (Spread over my writings your strength and your clarity)
On the bottom of the engraving that reads: A Monsiegneur Le Dauphin / Par son très-humble et très-obéissant / et très-fidèle Serviteur Queverdo (To Monsieur Le Dauphin / By his very humble and very obedient / and very faithful Servant Queverdo)
On the bottom left below the engraving that reads: Dessiné et Gravé à l’eau par F.M. Queverdo (Drawn and engraved in water by F.M. Queverdo)
On the bottom right below the engraving that reads: Terminé par J. Dembrun (Finished by J. Dembrun )
On the bottom center below the engraving that reads: A.P.D.R. / A Paris chez l’Auteur, rue Pompée S. André des Arcs No. 6 (A.P.D.R. / In Paris at the Author’s, rue Pompey S. André des Arcs No. 6 )
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