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Jean Paul Bignon

Pierre Drevet and Hyacinthe Rigaud

Jean Paul Bignon

1706

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Jean Paul Bignon

Pierre Drevet and Hyacinthe Rigaud

Jean Paul Bignon

Jean Paul Bignon

1706

Physical Qualities Engraving and etching, Sheet: 422 × 350 mm. (16 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.) Image: 422 × 350 mm. (16 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3391
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c); Franz Baumgartner, Vienna (Lugt 223).
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. 408. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 23. 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 no. 312-13, no. 18.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame: 'IOANNES PAULUS BIGNON ABBAS S.TI QUINTINI COMES CONSISTORIANUS ANNO ÆTATIS 45.'; LLE in image: 'Hyacinthus Rigaud pinxit 1707'; LRE in image: 'Petr.9 Drevet sculpsit 1707'; BC in image with coat of arms: 'Offerebat humil-limus servus / GABRIEL JOSEPUS / CANEAU DESCRA-MELLE TORNACÆUS.'. VERSO: TLE (black ink): 'Franz Baumgartner / 857. [Lugt 223]'; LwrC: Claghorn stamp in red ink; LLE (graphite): 'fl 10.00 / Vol. VI 48.'; BLC (graphite): '1 Epr.'; LRE (graphite, in diamond): '6980'; BRC (graphite): '235'. From mount?: 'Did.(Drev.)22 Did(Ports.)408 2nd st. LeB.23 - 1st st. Coll. Franz Baumgartner $4'. Jean-Paul Bignon, abbé de Saint-Quentin, bibliothécaire du roi et membre de l'Académie française, 1662-1743.

Markings: none - none

Artist

Pierre Drevet

1662–1737

French, 1663-1738
Meet Pierre Drevet

Artist

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1658–1742

French, 1659-1743
Meet Hyacinthe Rigaud
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