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Portrait of Louis Hesselin (with the frame)

Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623–1678)
and: Jean Boulanger (French, 1608–1680)
about 1650

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 29.8 × 37.1 cm (11 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)(includes the oval portrait by Nanteuil and the decorative frame by Boulanger)
Image (the engraved portrait by Nanteuil, not including the surrounding frame): 15.1 × 11.8 cm (5 15/16 × 4 5/8 in.)(oval)
Credit Line Gift of George R. Shaw
Accession NumberM21395
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Petitjean and Wickert 087b, ii/ii; Robert-Dumesnil 109, only state; Le Blanc 104, ii/ii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 9/1/1910 [exact to month]