Robert Nanteuil
François de la Mothe le Vayer
1661
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 289 × 267 mm. (11 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Plate: 272 × 190 mm. (10 11/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.338
Stamp of Gen. Lawrason Riggs on back.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate "FRANCISCVS MOTHAEVS / VAYERIVS REGI A CONSILIIS / FRATRIQVE EIVS VNICO / A STVDIIS . 1661 . "; in image, lower left, in plate "Nanteuil ad vivum"; in image, lower right, in plate "delin. et Sculpebat" Verso: lower left in graphite "M. 9051. SV. fos"; lower right in graphite (upside down) "9/9/89"
Markings: CM: Lawrason Riggs (Lugt # 1756c); WM: grapes in a circle with letters
