‘CIRCULAR INSCRIPTION AROUND THE OVAL: ‘FABIO BRULART DE SILLERY EPIS. CORVIS. S. R. E. TIT. S. MARCELLI PRESB. CARD.’ LOWER TEXT: ‘OFFEREBAT HUMILLIMUS SERVUS JOANNES BAPTISTA GOSSET CANONICUS ECCLESIAE SUESSIONENSIS.”

– Portrait of Fabio Brulart de Sillery (1655-1714), French bishop and ecclesiastic, bishop of Avranches and Soissons,

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Description

Medium: Line engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 40 x 23.2 cm (15.75 x 9.13 inch). Image size: 40 x 23.2 cm. (15.75 x 9.13 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Paris, 1698.

Biography engraver: Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707) was a Flemish-born French engraver, celebrated for his technically precise and expressive portrait engravings.

Biography artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) was a French Baroque portrait painter, best known for his portraits of Louis XIV and other royals and clergymen.