Jan Piotr NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE (Polish artist, 1745 - 1830) - "Portrait of a man called Mazeppa". 1775. Original etching and drypoint. Proof on chine paper, formerly mounted by the corners on brown wove paper. Margins. The story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian nobleman who became a page in the court of a Polish king in the 17th century, became a legend relayed by Voltaire and retold by the Romantics, including Lord Byron (1819) and Victor Hugo. 11 x 10.2 cm. Condition A (good state of preservation).