Georg Friedrich Schmidt and Hyacinthe Rigaud
François Le Chambrier
1740
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 379 x 272 mm. (14 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Plate: 360 x 256 mm. (14 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 342 x 243 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7591
After a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, on decorative frame surrounding portrait, in plate "MRE FRANCOIS LE CHAMBRIER CHEVER CONER D'ETAT ET MAIRE DE LA VILLE [...]"; in image, lower center, in plate four lines of text in French, beginning "Le Mortel dont on voit le traits [...]"; below image, lower left, in plate "Paint par H. Rigaud, en 1704."; below image, lower right, in plate "Gravé par G. F. Schmidt à Paris 1741." Verso: lower left in graphite "1655 / 20"; lower left in graphite indecipherable; lower left in graphite diamond with "12362"; lower right in graphite "600"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
