Nicolas DELARMESSIN (Paris 1684-1755) "Adolphe de Vignacourt Grand Maitre de Malthe" Original etching by a subject by Caravaggio, from the collection entitled "Recueil d'Estampes d'apres les plus beaux tableaux ... qui sont en France "printed and published in Paris in 1729. Beautiful copy printed on laid paper bearing the literal watermark of" Dupuys Fin Auvergne "typical of French paper production of the seventeenth century, with large margins beyond the imprint of the plate, few slight traces browning on the edges, in a generally perfect state of conservation. Beautiful portrait in armor of the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, better known as the Knights of Malta. Bibliography: Portalis – Beraldi “Les Graveurs du XVIII siecle” Paris 1881 volume II pag. 534.