Pierre Drevet and Robert Levrac-Tournières
Antoine Portail
1600-1799
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 437 × 344 mm. (17 3/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Image: 386 × 288 mm. (15 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 395 × 295 mm. (15 9/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3417
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, Les graveurs des portraits en France, catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l'école française appartenant à A.F.D., Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-77, no. 474. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 100. Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Inventaire du fonds français: graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, vol.1-14, Paris: Le Garrec & Bibliothèque Nationale, 1930/31-1977, vol. 7 p. 336 no. 105.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame : 'ANTONIUS PORTAIL ILLUSTRISSIMUS SENATUS PRINCEPS.'; LL in image: 'R. Tournier pinx.'; LR in image: 'P. Drevet sc.' & (graphite): 'Sr'; BL (graphite): 'LB 100'; BRE (graphite): 'very fine impression.'. VERSO: LL (graphite): '1072./vn/-' & red Claghorn stamp; LRE (graphite, in diamond): '6954'; LR (graphite): '3627/vx/xx'; BRC (graphite): '194'.
Markings: none - illegible
