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Museum number: 1851,1213.510
Description: Allegory on Anne of Austria; with the personification of France sitting in front of a funerary monument to Louis XIII and holding an oval portrait of Anne of Austria; the monument consist of a sarcophagus decorated with fleur-de-lis and Louis's initials, supported by a pedestal featuring a relief representing allegories of Victory and Fame; lettered state. c.1643 Engraving
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Production date: 1643
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Dimensions: Height: 241 millimetres; Width: 348 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Montaiglon dates the plate from the death of Anne of Austria in 1656; considering the tomb appears to be Louis XIII's instead (see regalia & initial), Préaud suggests to date the plate from the death of the King in 1643.
Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (249.II); Montaiglon 1856 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan (246)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; death
Associated names: Portrait of: Anne of Austria, Queen and Regent of France; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory; Representation of: Fame; Associated with: Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre
Associated events: Associated Event: Death of Louis XIII 1643
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Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1851,1213.510

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