print
- Museum number
- 1910,0610.243
- Title
- Object: Louis Tocqué Peintre Ordinaire du Roi...
- Description
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Portrait of painter Louis Tocqué, after Nattier; half-length directed to left, head turned to right, holding palette and brushes, in an oval frame; lettered state. 1773
Engraving
- Production date
- 1773
- Dimensions
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Height: 380 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 262 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The probate inventory of Tocque's widow, and the minutes of the Académie Royale, show that this print was commissioned by her, and that she gave 100 impressions to the Académie. The plate was later purchased by the Académie, and is now in the Louvre Chalcographie.
For a proof before letter see 1910,0610.252.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1910
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1910,0610.243