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Le Sire de Saint-Cornille
Unknown gentleman, given the name of François III de Pisseleu, Bishop of Amiens, then Abbey of Saint-Cormeille and de la Roë (about 1510-1564)
Le Sire de Saint-Cornille
about 1555
Medium/Technique
Black, red, and yellow chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.3 x 20.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
1939 Purchase Fund and Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number46.349
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionFrançois Clouet and studio
Inscriptionsin upper margin, cut and pasted to the border: Le sr de saincte cornille
ProvenanceWilliam Ponsonby, 2nd Count of Bessborough (died 1793); Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Count of Bessborough (1758-1844) (attributed to Holbein); Edward M. Hodgkins, London; Charle Wickert, Paris (died 1918); George Jay Gould (1864-1923); Mr. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); acquired April 11, 1946 by the Purchase Fund and Otis Norcross Fund, MFA.