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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
1865,0408.136
Description
The provost of merchants & the aldermen of Paris paying their respects to the infant Louis XIV and his mother Anne of Austria; coats of arms of Anne of Austria, France and Paris on the drapery in the upper part, and coats of arms of merchants and aldermen in the lower part; frontispiece to 'Les Ordonnances Royaux...' (Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1644); lettered proof. 1643 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Claude Mellan
School/style
French
Production date
1643
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
295 millimetres
Width:
246 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(298.II)
Montaiglon 1856 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan
(205)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Anne of Austria, Queen and Regent of France
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Les Ordonnances Royaux sur le faict et la jurisdiction de la prevosté des marchands et eschevinage de la ville de Paris
(1644)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W Durham
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,0408.136