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Portrait of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Guillaume Vallet (French, about 1634–1704)
1665
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.5 × 20.9 cm (13 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 29.6 × 19.5 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 29.6 × 19.5 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4623
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 5
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)