Lot 204
Medici (Catherine de', Queen) Letter signed "Catherine" to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1573, written to accompany a letter to him by her son [Charles IX] thanking him for the compliments he has expressed on the occasion of her younger son Henry's election as King of Poland.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Medici (Catherine de', Queen consort of France, wife of Henry II, King of France, 1519-59, 1519-89) Letter signed "Catherine" to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1p., in French, 250 x 190mm., Paris, 26th August 1573, written to accompany a letter to him by her son [Charles IX] thanking him for the compliments he has expressed on the occasion of her younger son Henry's election as King of Poland [the future Henry III, King of France, 1551-89)], address panel on verso, blind-stamped seal, small tears along folds not affecting text, slightly foxed and browned.
⁂ Alessandro Farnese (1520-89), Italian cardinal and diplomat and collector and patron of the arts.
Provenance: Autograph Collection of the late Howard K. Sanderson of Boston. To be sold... May 1, 2, and 3, 1916. The Anderson Galleries, New York.
Description
Medici (Catherine de', Queen consort of France, wife of Henry II, King of France, 1519-59, 1519-89) Letter signed "Catherine" to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1p., in French, 250 x 190mm., Paris, 26th August 1573, written to accompany a letter to him by her son [Charles IX] thanking him for the compliments he has expressed on the occasion of her younger son Henry's election as King of Poland [the future Henry III, King of France, 1551-89)], address panel on verso, blind-stamped seal, small tears along folds not affecting text, slightly foxed and browned.
⁂ Alessandro Farnese (1520-89), Italian cardinal and diplomat and collector and patron of the arts.
Provenance: Autograph Collection of the late Howard K. Sanderson of Boston. To be sold... May 1, 2, and 3, 1916. The Anderson Galleries, New York.
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