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Course de testes et de bagues faites par le roy et par les princes en l'année 1662..., plate 56 (5th Quadrille)
Engraver: François Chauveau (French, 1613–1676)
Author of text: Charles Perrault (French, 1628–1703)
Publisher: Imprimerie Royale
Author of text: Charles Perrault (French, 1628–1703)
Publisher: Imprimerie Royale
French
1670
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Etching with hand-applied color on cream laid paper; inscription below the plate in letterpress
Dimensions
Platemark: 30.9 x 26.1 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 37.2 x 30.7 cm (14 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 37.2 x 30.7 cm (14 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number44.1059
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bibl. Nat. Inventaire XVIIe siècle; Chauveau, 1054-96
DescriptionEstafiers, Cheval de main et Palfreniers Ameriquains (4 men in tournament/processional "wild man" costumes of animal skin, carrying clubs, with horse (with unicorn horn)).
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection; Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1944