print
- Museum number
- W,3.121
- Description
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The Enlightement of Francis I: King Francis I, carrying a sword and a book, entering the temple of Arts, while a crowd of blind-folded people is wandering outside; a reversed copy of the print by Boyvin
Engraving
- Production date
- 1560-1580
- Dimensions
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Height: 303 millimetres
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Width: 402 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the engraving by Boyvin from the painting executed by Rosso Fiorentino for the galerie François I, Fontainebleau, c.1535/40. See 'Rosso Fiorentino', Washington 1987, Cat. No.91, where this copy is described in footnote 2. For Boyvin's plate see Nn,7,17.3. There is also another print of the same composition by Fantuzzi (B.XVI.393.13).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1810 (before)
- Acquisition notes
- with no indication of provenance on the verso
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- W,3.121