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Portrait of Nicolas Poussin

Jean Pesne (French, 1623–1700)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
Published by: Chalcographie du Louvre
about 1650-1690

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 68.8 × 50.7 cm (27 1/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 36.1 × 25.1 cm (14 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Sumner Bequest
Accession NumberM5903
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 006, ii/ii; Le Blanc 96, ii/ii
Marks Recto, lower center, the blindstamp of the Calcographie du Louvre (Lugt 1695); verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 4/27/1874