Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Portrait of Antoine Furetière
about 1688
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.9 x 24.9 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 33.3 x 24.1 cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 33.3 x 24.1 cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26600
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Antoine Furetière (1619-1688) was a writer, lexicographer, abbé of Chalivoy, and a member of the Académie française.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 209, only state; IFF 116; Le Blanc 216
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)