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Object Type
print
Museum number
O,1.132
Title
Object:
V. Illustr. Iacobus Augustus Thuanus in Suprema Regni Curia Praeses MDCXVII
Description
Portrait of historian and statesman Jacques-Auguste de Thou, bust-length, slightly turned to the right, wearing dark outfit with fur facings and white ruff, in an oval frame. c.1640/50 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Morin
After:
Ferdinand Elle
School/style
French
Production date
1640-1650
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
311 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
242 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Duplicate of R,6.147, 1985,0504.188, and 1887,0801.37.
Bibliographic references
Mazel 2004 / Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin
(89.II)
Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français
(II.65.79)
Petitjean & Hornibrook 1945 / Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650)
(44.II)
Duplessis 1871 / Supplément aux dix volumes du 'Peintre-Graveur Français' (of Robert-Dumesnil)
(215.79.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Jacques Auguste de Thou
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's blindstamp and the initials CMC (washed))
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
O,1.132