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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jose Garcia, post: 10270984, member: 89860&quot;]I just bought two big engravings for the first time. 100€ for 2 pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>It turns out they were created in 1673 by the renowned French engraver Jean Le Pautre (1618–1682), whose works are exhibited at the Prado Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraving states it was made in 1673 and has a signature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a link to the engraving:</p><p><a href="https://static-prod.lib.princeton.edu/versailles/item/864/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://static-prod.lib.princeton.edu/versailles/item/864/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://static-prod.lib.princeton.edu/versailles/item/864/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found out that this engraving is part of the series “Description de la Grotte de Versailles”(“Description of the Grotto of Versailles”), created by order of King Louis XIV to commemorate the lavish interiors and garden structures of the Palace of Versailles.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that’s the case, shouldn’t this be worth €1,000?!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t understand—do I have a copy of a museum piece or an actual museum piece? Another one is also in the National Library of France…[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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