Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 505 x 386 mm. (19 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Image: 505 x 386 mm. (19 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3306
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
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. 1 p. 220 no. 6. Johnson, W. McAllister, French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture Engraved Reception Pieces: 1672-1789, Kingston, Canada: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1982, no. 30, ill. (With extensive bibliography.) 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. 54.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., BL in image: 'C. le Febvre Effigiem pinxit.'; in pl., BC in image: 'JOANNES BAPTISTA COLBERT.'; BR in pl.: 'Benedictus Audran sculpsit'. VERSO: TCE (graphite): unidentified collector's mark JL?' LL (graphite, in diamond): '2981', & Claghorn stamp in red ink; BLC (graphite): 'K.8'.
Markings: none - none
