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Portrait of Nicolas Poussin

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
Published by: Jean Le Blond I (French, 1590/94–1666)
1650

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 32.6 × 22.5 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession NumberM18250
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 5, iii/iii; Le Blanc 97, iii/iii
Marks Verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceGardner Brewer (b. 1806-d. 1874), Boston; by bequest to his daughter, Caroline A. Brewer (Mrs. Arthur A. Croft)(d. 1898); 1898, her bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1902)