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Portrait of Esprit Fléchier
Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640–1707)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
about 1687-1700
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 x 8.2 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26598
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Esprit Fléchier (1632-1710) was a preacher and author, Bishop of Lavaur (1685-1687) and Nîmes (1687-1710), and a member of the Académie française.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 206, ii/iii; IFF 155; Le Blanc 198, ii/iii
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)