La Retorique (Rhetoric)

Gilles Rousselet after Grégoire Huret

Associated Names
Gilles Rousselet

Artist, French, 1610 - 1686

Grégoire Huret

Artist After, French, 1606 - 1670

The image depicts a person standing in an elegant pose. The person is facing forward with one arm raised, holding a staff decorated with serpentine motifs, while the other hand extends outward holding a scroll. The individual has a serene facial expression, delicate facial features, long wavy hair cascading around the shoulders, and is wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon and feather. They wear an adorned gown with lace details, a belt, and decorative buttons, as well as a necklace. The background shows an ornate interior with drapery and detailed wall paneling.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 x 21.2 cm (11 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.1 x 21.2 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.45.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mariette 1996, no. 46, State -53 (series)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pia Gallo, New York); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Mariette, Pierre Jean. Catalogues de la collection d'estampes de Jean V, Roi de Portugal. Edited by Marie-Thérèse Mandroux-França and Mazime Préaud. Lisbon and Paris, 1996. 3 vols.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: LA RETORIQVE; Jay sur les bons espritz la secrette puissance... / ... & les vertues encor, du Divin Caducée.; lower left in plate: Huret Inventor; lower center in plate: Rousselet fecit: lower right in plate: de l'impression de Mariette Avec Privilege

Wikidata ID

Q76341244

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