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Laurence Delvaux: P.14807-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Laurence Delvaux
Portrait of Laurent Delvaux

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hibbart, William

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Description

Etching with drypoint on laid paper. A half-length portrait of Flemish sculptor, Laurent Delvaux wearing a floppy felt cap and fur-trimmed robe, a white cravat around his neck. His body is directed towards the right, his head turned three-quarters towards the viewer, looking left. He places his left hand on the head of a male antique bust in the right foreground. Production details in the margin at lower right: 'W. Hibbart Sculp.'. Title engraved in the margin below: 'LAURENCE DELVAUX.'. This plate was produced for Horace Walpole's _Anecdotes of Painting in England_ of 1762 and appeared in vol. 4 within the section, 'Statuaries in the Reign of George II', p.100. An inscription in graphite on the verso: 'P [?of] Pl [?of]' is probably a reference to this location. Two inscriptions on the verso in the lower left corner relate to price: '1/6'; '6d'. The British Museum holds a proof before the title was added. See: 1848,1125.290.

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Unknown

Acquisition and important dates

by unknown

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1762

Note

Height 165mm (cut to platemark) x width 125mm (cut to platemark)

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14807-R
Primary reference Number: 225416
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 3 January 2019 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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