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Portrait of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon: 32.K.15-6

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ficquet, Etienne
Painter: Aved, Jacques-André-Joseph-Camelot (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
1772 -

Note

Finished state, with the signatures. Copied after an engraving by Balechou of 1751. Advertised in the 'Mercure' February 1772.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 32.K.15-6
Primary reference Number: 203439
BN Inventaire (17thC): 164 IV/IV
Faucheux: 37 III/III
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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