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Portrait of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Pierre Michel Alix (French, 1762–1817)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
1797
Medium/Technique
Color aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.4 × 24.5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark)
Credit Line
Gift of William A. Sargent
Accession Number24.1666
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF (18th cent.) 151; Le Blanc 55; Meyer 18
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Frederic Robert Halsey, New York (1847-1918)(Lugt 1308); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 3/1/1924[exact to month]