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Portrait of Louis XIV

Nicolas Pitau I (French, 1632–1671)
After: Claude Lefebvre (French, 1632–1675)
1670

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 50.3 × 38.5 cm (19 13/16 × 15 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4697
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Wurzbach 37, only state; Le Blanc 39, ii/ii
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.