Claude Goyrand

The Ruins of an Old Tower

Claude Goyrand's original engraving and etching, "The Ruins of an Old Tower" belongs to a series of four views he was commissioned to engrave around 1650. This impression is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and is signed by the artist in the plate along the lower margin. "The Ruins of an Old Tower" is a fine, original example of 17th century landscape and architectural art created by the French, Claude Goyrand.

The Ruins of an Old Tower

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Title:	The Ruins of an Old Tower
Artist:	Goyrand, Claude (Sens, 1620 - Paris, 1662)
Date:	c. 1650
Medium:	Original Engraving & Etching
Note:	Claude Goyrand: A fine seventeenth century French engraver and etcher, Claude Goyrand is known for both his own original etchings (such as this example) and for his etchings after the designs of Claude and Stephano Della Bella.
	Primarily a landscape artist, Claude Goyrand both resided and worked in Rome during the 1640's. By 1650, however, he was established in Paris and from this date until his untimely death in 1662 much of his work was commissioned by the King of France.
	According to G. C. Williamson, * The Ruins of an Old Tower belongs to a series of four views Claude Goyrand was commissioned to engrave around 1650. The other three titles are, The Castle of Bicetre, Les Invalides and The Fountain in the Garden of Tivoli. These engravings, with their fine attention to both detail and atmosphere, are considered to be among Goyrand's greatest works of art.
Reference:	* G. C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, London, Bell & Sons, 1930, Vol. 2, p. 266.
Size:	9 X 12 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with margins trimmed just outside the plate-mark, as usual. Signed by the artist in the plate along the lower margin. Containing one finely restored hole (near the tower wall to the right), else a brilliant, early impression with all the fine lines and tonal values of an initial printing. The Ruins of an Old Tower represents a superb example of 17th century French landscape and architectural art.
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