Unknown Emmerick {1879} NGV [PR]

Unknown engraver (presumably French, 17^thcentury)
Emmerick (from the series Grandes Conquêtes du roi) (1680s)
Engraving, 65.5 x 50 cm (sheet); 43.8 x 32.8 cm (image)
Gift of George Collins Levey 1879
National Gallery of Victoria (p.183.148-1)

= Levey gift, cat.no.139

The engraver’s name is not recorded, but it seems possible that it was also by Le Clerc, who supervised the series, recording Louis XIV’s victories during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78).

Refs.

Not listed in NGV 1894 or 1905 

Not reproduced in the NGV catalogue; author’s ID photo reproduced here

Cf.Suite et Arrangement (1727), p.19 (the engraver’s name is not given)