The Body of Christ

1654

Nicolas de Plattemontagne

Artist, French, 1631 - 1706

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.7 x 59.1 cm (13 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 x 62 cm (14 5/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.83.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 9, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Prosper de Baudicour; (Artemis Fine Arts Ltd, London); purchase by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Quicumque baptizati sumus in Christo Jesu, in morte ipsius baptizati / sumus. Consepulti enim sumus cum illo per baptismum in mortem. Rom.cap.6.v.z.et 4. / P. de Champaigne Pin. N. de la Plate Montaigne scul. Morin ex Cum Pri. Re. 1654.; lower right in plate: P. de Champaigne Pin. / Morin ex Cum. Pri. Re.; by M.P. de Baudicour, lower left in graphite: R.D. No. 9--2e etat.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 960739

Wikidata ID

Q75406889

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