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Object Type
print
Museum number
1922,0610.27
Title
Object:
Victor Amédée III Roi de Sardaigne
Description
Bust portrait of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardania, in profile to the left, wearing the collar of an order, in an oval frame surmounted by an eagle perched on a helmet and holding a laurel wreath in its beak; at the bottom of the frame, two lions, one of them carrying a crown on a drapery decorated with coat of arms. 1777 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Augustin de Saint-Aubin
After:
Jean Baptiste Boucheron
School/style
French
Production date
1777
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
485 millimetres
Width:
352 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in 'Mercure de France', September 1777.
Bibliographic references
Bocher 1879 / Augustin de Saint-Aubin: catalogue raisonné
(2.II)
Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française
(2105)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia
Associated with:
Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Colnaghi
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Paul Davidsohn
(sale Boerner Leipzig 26-9.iv.1921/936)
Acquisition date
1922
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1922,0610.27