Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 35.5 x 48.1 cm (13.98 x 18.94 inch). Image size: 34.8 x 43.5 cm. (13.7 x 17.13 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Paper separation along the top right plate edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GUILLAUME DUBOIS, CARDINAL, ARCHBISHOP OF CAMBRAI, PIERRE IMBERT DREVET, HYACINTHE RIGAUD, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, PORTRAIT OF STATESMAN | PCO-B3-20
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
State: II.
Reference: IFF vol. VII, no. 12, p. 347; Le Blanc 26; D. 15; And. 12.
Biography engraver: Pierre Imbert Drevet (1697?1739), French engraver, son of Pierre Drevet. He specialized in highly finished portrait engravings after paintings by Rigaud and Largilliere, contributing to the prestigious Drevet family’s reputation as royal portrait engravers in 18th-century France.
Biography artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659?1743), French painter, one of the foremost portraitists of the Baroque era. Based in Paris, he became official court painter, producing portraits of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and numerous cardinals, ministers, and nobles. His grand portraits were widely disseminated in engraved form.
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