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Portrait of Nicolas Rigault
about 1670-1700
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.9 x 18.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 25.8 x 18.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 25.8 x 18.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26638
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654) was a classical scholar.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 304, i/ii; IFF 216; Le Blanc 299, i/ii
Marks
Verso, bottom center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Charles Lenormant du Coudray, Orléans (1712-1789)(Lugt 1705), 18 August 1769; verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAugust 18, 1769, Charles Lenormant du Coudray (b. 1712 - d. 1789; Lugt 1705), Orléans. By 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)