A. B. Duhamel, Frans Hals, Jacques Esnaut & Michel Rapilly
Portrait of René Descartes
1759-1799
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A. B. Duhamel, Frans Hals, Jacques Esnaut & Michel Rapilly
Portrait of René Descartes
1759-1799
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 295 × 220 mm. (11 5/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Plate: 180 × 125 mm. (7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4397
After Hals' portrait in Copenhagen.
Inscribed: Recto: in plate: upper right corner: "44" in cartouche below portrait: "René Descartes / Chevalier Seigneur du Peron" lower right corner below image: "Duhamel sculp." bottom: "A Paris chés Esnauts et Rapilly rue St Jacques à la Ville de Coutance A. P. D. R.".
Markings: CM: Claghorn