Pierre Drevet and Joseph Vivien
François Girardon
1600-1799
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 502 × 371 mm. (19 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Image: 482 × 358 mm. (19 × 14 1/8 in.)
Plate: 490 × 364 mm. (19 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3408
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. 448. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 65. 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. 322 no. 54.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame: 'FRANCISCUS GIRARDON TRICASSINVS CANCEL.LARI9 ET RECTOR ACADEM.IÆ REGIÆ PICTOR - ET SCULPTOR'; LL in image: 'Vivien Pinxit'; LR in image: 'Drevet Sculp'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in red ink; BLC (graphite): illegible letter'; LRE (graphite, in diamond): '6993'; BRC (graphite): '255'.
Markings: none - cross in circular chain
