Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Nanteuil / delin. / 1649."; in image, lower right, in plate "Et Sculp. / i656"; in image, lower center, in plate "Pour escrire en stile duvers / Ce rare Esprit surpassa tous les autres, / Je n'en dis plus rien, car ses vers / Luy font plus d'Honneur que les nostres."; in image, encircling portrait frame, in plate "IEAN FRANCOIS SARRASIN CONSEILLER ORDINAIRE DV ROY EN TOVS SES CONSEILS." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond "10450"; lower left in graphite "750"; lower center in graphite "2nd State"; lower right in graphite "A / 20"; lower right in graphite "2nd State"; lower right in ink "19"

Markings: CM: Claghorn