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Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet: 30.K.13-144

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Painter: Rigaud, Hyacinthe (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1709

Note

Plate for Bossuet 'Politique tiree des premieres paroles de l'Ecriture sainte. Ouvrage posthume…' [published by J.B.Bossuet] Paris, 1709.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.K.13-144
Primary reference Number: 195949
BN Inventaire (17thC): 190
Robert-Dumesnil: 156 I/II
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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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