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Homme d'armes (Henri II): P.385-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Homme d'armes (Henri II)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dufourmantelle, Charles Félix
Painter: Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest (After)
Printer: Bertauts

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1856

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 251 mm Width 178 mm
Sheet Height 448 mm Width 315 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 152
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Meissonnier, pinx.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. Bertauts, r. Cadet, 11, Paris
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Dufourmantelle, lith
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Homme d'armes. (Henri II.)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Collection de Mr. le Baron Michel.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Inscription present: inscribed in an oval

  • Text: LES ARTISTES / ANCIENS / ET MODERNES
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Embossed
  • Type: Stamp

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.385-1991
Primary reference Number: 19880
Béraldi: p.67
BN Inventaire (19thC): 4
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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