print
- Museum number
- 1941,1204.13-17
- Title
- Series: Le Père Eternel porte sur les ailes des anges, prononcant ces parolesau Baptesme de Iesus Christ, Voicy mon Fils bien aimé...
- Description
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Five plates reproducing the composition painted on the dome of the chapel at Sceaux; at centre, God, carried by angels and in glory, surrounded by worshipping angels, some of them carrying the Ark of the Covenant, the seven-branched candlestick, others playing music; composition encircled by trompe-l'oeil balustrade. 1681
Etching and engraving; irregular plates
- Production date
- 1681
- Dimensions
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Height: 445 millimetres (13; max.)
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Height: 455 millimetres (14; max)
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Height: 542 millimetres (15)
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Height: 447 millimetres (16; max.)
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Height: 379 millimetres (17)
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Width: 495 millimetres
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Width: 800 millimetres
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Width: 805 millimetres
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Width: 862 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After a composition executed c.1674 for the chapel of the castle at Sceaux; the fresco was lost in a fire which destroyed the chapel in 1801.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1941
- Acquisition notes
- The group of prints is recorded as having come from one lot in the sale of the Margam Castle collection which was purchased by the National Library of Wales.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1941,1204.13-17