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Lot 020 - Pair of Antique Hand-Colored Illustrated Carte De Visite C.D.V. Filler Cards Depicting Classical Nude Subjects Including Danae After Anthony Van Dyck and Bathers at a Stream After Joseph Felon
Lot 020 - Pair of Antique Hand-Colored Illustrated Carte De Visite C.D.V. Filler Cards Depicting Classical Nude Subjects Including Danae After Anthony Van Dyck and Bathers at a Stream After Joseph Felon
Pair of antique hand-colored illustrated carte de visite filler cards depicting classical nude subjects. One card is a reproduction after Anthony van Dyck's "Danae," showing a reclining nude woman receiving a shower of gold coins from above, attended by a clothed figure and a winged cupid. The other is a reproduction after Joseph Felon, depicting three nude women bathing at a woodland stream, with one standing figure draped in a white veil. The artist's name is printed in the lower left corner.
Both cards show hand-applied color over printed illustrations. The cards show toning, surface wear, and minor edge soiling. The backs are blank.