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Portrait of Israel Silvestre
about 1670-1690
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 44.6 x 32.6 cm (17 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 35.1 x 24.7 cm (13 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 35.1 x 24.7 cm (13 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession NumberM26161
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Israel Silvestre (1621-1691) was a draftsman and printmaker. He was appointed dessinateur et graveur du Roy in 1662 and drawing master to the Dauphin in 1673. He etched the view of Paris that appears at the bottom of this print.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 319, iii/iii; IFF 125; Le Blanc 315, iii/iii
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceHoratio Greenough Curtis, Boston (1844-1922)(from the Morgan sale 34); his gift to the MFA April 1, 1916