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Thesis print with equestrian portrait of Louis XIV: 30.K.13-265

Current Location: In storage

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Thesis print with equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
Allegorical composition with Louis XIV on horseback, with Providence holding the crown of France above

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Draughtsman: Le Brun, Charles (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 1677

Note

Sheet of top plate only (composition printed from two separate plates). Thesis engraving for Jacques-Nicolas Colbert's viva, 30 December 1677

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 30.K.13-265
Primary reference Number: 196062
BN Inventaire (17thC): 77 (upper half)
Robert-Dumesnil: 259 (upper half)

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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