print;
thesis engraving
- Museum number
- 2006,0130.1
- Description
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Thesis of François Marescot, with four columns of letterpress with propositions of universal philosophy, dedicated to Léonor Goyon de Matignon, Bishop of Lisieux, with above the engraved portrait of the dedicatee in bust, turned to the left, in clerical dress; in oval frame with coat of arms in lower part. 1662
Engraving and letterpress printed on silk
- Production date
- 1662
- Dimensions
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Height: 855 millimetres
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Width: 550 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Petitjean and Wickert did not know any example of the print as used for a thesis, though they suspected that it was made for one. The discovery of this example at auction in Paris proves that it was a thesis, and also gives the date of the examination, 1 August 1662. This therefore must have been more or less the date of the engraving. The printer is given as the widow of Robert Meverelli in Alençon. It was printed on silk as a special presentation copy, and as such would have been framed. This must explain its survival despite its large size.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2007 Jun-Nov. BM, Recent Acquisitions Part I, no cat.
2017-18 Sept-Jan, BM, G90, The Business of Prints
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by the donor at the Piasa sale in Paris 20.xi.2005, lot 198, for presentation to the BM
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2006,0130.1
