Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper left in frame surrounding image of a crescent moon, in plate "SOLIS AD ASPECTUM"; in image, upper right in frame surrounding image of a star, in plate "CERTUM MONSTRAT ITER"; in image, lower left in frame surrounding image of a lion, in plate "REGIA IURA TUETUR"; in image, lower right in frame surrounding image of a mountainous landscape, in plate "DISTANTES FOEDERE IUNGIT"; in image, center in frame surrounding the main portrait, in plate "IOANNES ANTONIUS DE MESMES COMES D'AVAUX REGI A SANCTIORIBUS CONSILILS REGIORUM ORDINUM COMMENDATOR"; in image, lower center in frame surrounding the main portrait, in plate "OFFEREBAT FRATER FRANCISCUS MARIA ASSERMET MINOR AMBIANENSIS"; in image, lower center left below portrait, in plate "N. de Largillierre pinx."; in image, lower center right below portrait, in plate "C. Vermeulen Sculp." Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "4158"

Markings: CM: Claghorn