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Portrait of Georges de Scudéry: 23.K.6-40

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Georges de Scudéry

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of Lous II de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart (1681-1746

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1654

Note

Before the reduction of the plate. Engraved for the sitter's epic poem 'Alaric, ou Rome vaincue', published in Paris in 1654.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.6-40
Primary reference Number: 195495
Robert-Dumesnil: 221 I/II
Petitjean/Wickert: 206 I/IV
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Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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