Pierre Drevet and Hyacinthe Rigaud
Pierre Gillet
1712
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 379 × 278 mm. (14 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
Image: 370 × 275 mm. (14 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3407
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. 447. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 64. 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. 322 no. 53.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In pl., on frame: 'PETRUS GILLET PROCURATORUM DECANUS ÆTATIS 85. ANNO 1713.'; LL in image: 'Hiac.tus Rigaud pinxit'; LR in image: 'Pet. Drevet Sculpsit.'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in red ink; BL (graphite): 'D/x'; BRC (graphite, in diamond): '6992' & 'Ef/222'.
Markings: none - double-headed eagle
