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Object Type
print
Museum number
R,7.53
Description
Portrait of French sculptor Nicolas Coustou, half-length directed to left, looking to front, his left hand resting on the head of a statue and holding a mallet. 1730 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Dupuis
After:
Jean Legros
School/style
French
Production date
1730
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
399 millimetres
Width:
283 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Dupuis's 'morceau de réception' at the Académie.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(22.I)
Firmin-Didot 1875-77 / Les graveurs de portraits en France catalogue raisonné de la collection des portraits de l' École Française
(545)
(before state I)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
sculptor/medallist
Associated names
Portrait of:
Nicolas Coustou
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
Acquisition date
1799
Acquisition notes
This print is pasted in full onto its mount and its verso is therefore inaccessible. Cracherode's name, however, is printed on the mount
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
R,7.53