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Portrait of Robert de Cotte
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Pierre Drevet and Hyacinthe Rigaud

Portrait of Robert de Cotte

1721

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Portrait of Robert de Cotte

1721

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 482 × 342 mm. (19 × 13 7/16 in.) Image: 388 × 298 mm. (15 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.) Plate: 426 × 302 mm. (16 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.3393
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. 418. Le Blanc, Charles, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, Paris: E. Bouillon, 1854-1888, no. 23 (under Pierre-Imbert). 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. 317 no. 43. Andresen, Andreas, Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1870-1873, no. 11. Le Portrait Gravé au XVII.e Siècle en France, Nantes: Musées Départementaux de Loire Atlantique & Musée Dobrée, 1979, no. 141 ill. Musé Th. Dobrée, Catalogue des estampes, Nantes, Paris, 1906, no. 817.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: LL in pl.: 'Peint par Hyacinthe Rigaud'; LR in pl.: 'Gravé par Pi.re Drevet pour l'Academie'; BC in pl., with coat of arms: 'Robert de Cotte / Chevalier de l'Ordre de S.t Michel, Con.er du Roy en ses Con.r prem.r Architecte [...] Sculpture'. VERSO: LL: red Claghorn stamp, & (graphite): '33788'; BLC (graphite, in diamond): '6987'; LR (graphite): 'Hy'.

Markings: none - house with door, window & cupola

Artist

Pierre Drevet

1662–1737

French, 1663-1738
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Artist

Hyacinthe Rigaud

1658–1742

French, 1659-1743
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