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Balthasar Henri de Fourcy

Pierre Drevet and Hyacinthe Rigaud

Balthasar Henri de Fourcy

1713

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Balthasar Henri de Fourcy

1713

Physical Qualities Engraving and etching, Sheet: 486 × 372 mm. (19 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.) Image: 452 × 329 mm. (17 13/16 × 12 15/16 in.) Plate: 458 × 335 mm. (18 1/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3398
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. 430. 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. 321 no. 50. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 58.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame: 'BALTHAZAR HENRICUS DE FOURCY DOCTOR ET SOCIUS SORBONICUS ABBAS SANCTI WANDREGISILII.'; LwrC in image: 'Ars utinam mores animumque effingere possez / Martial. Lib. 10. Epig. 32.'; LL in pl.: 'H. Rigaud pinx.'; LR in pl.: 'P. Drevet sculp.'; LRE (graphite): 'Pere'; BLE (graphite): 'LB No58'; BRC (graphite): '1st State'; BL (graphite, in diamond): '6972' & (graphite): 'L[?] / No 16'; BR: Claghorn stamp in red ink; & (graphite): '193'. From mount?: 'Did.(Drev)50 Did(Ports)430 - 2nd st. LeB.58 1st st $15'.

Markings: none - none

Artist

Pierre Drevet

1662–1737

French, 1663-1738
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Artist

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1658–1742

French, 1659-1743
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