Henri III, frère de Charles IX.

Etching and engraving, 20,5 x 13 cm, laid paper, wide margins (some min. foxing, paper sl. toned).

Under passe-partout.

Very rare engraving by an anonymous Italian engraver, showing a bust of King Henri III of France, turned to the left, wearing a puffed hat and a high-necked doublet with a ruffled collar. With etched Italian text margin with biographical information on the French royal figure. From the series "Cronica breve de i fatti illustri de Re di Francia" (78 pl).
Prov. Victor Conrad, Belgian physician (Coll. stamp, Lugt 5549).