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Iacobus Nicolaus Colbert Abbas Beccensis Prior Ac Dominus Charitatis Nec-Non Ambertae Portrait of Jean Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683
Printmaker: Nanteuil, Robert
History note: Charrington bought it of Charles Petitjean June 1912 £14.0.0
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by Charrington, John
17th Century
Production date:
AD 1673
1st state. With a laurel border, and dedication to Nicolas de Bragelongne, before many changes were made. / Inscription on bottom: "Nantueil ad vivum ping. sculp. et excudebat cum privil. Regis 1673." and "Offerebat deuotissimus Nicolaus de Bragelongen."
Accession number: P.13807-R
Primary reference Number: 205208
Lugt: 572
Robert-Dumesnil: IV.92.78.I
Petitjean/Wickert: 57.I
Stable URI
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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