Frédéric Auguste III, roi de Pologne

Pierre Drevet, after François de Troy

Associated Names
Pierre Drevet

Artist, French, 1663 - 1738

François de Troy

Artist After, French, 1645 - 1730

The image depicts an engraved portrait of a person from the waist up, facing slightly to the right within an oval frame. The person has a prominent nose, full lips, curly hair, and wears regal attire. The oval frame includes text at the top denoting a title. Below the oval, there is a crest or coat of arms on an elaborate pedestal, surrounded by detailed engraving. The background is filled with intricate engraved lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 43.7 x 34.2 cm (17 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 51.9 x 39.9 cm (20 7/16 x 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.87.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF(1700), no. 51, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R. de Perthuis (not in Lugt). (Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977, no. 51 i/ii

2009

  • Prouté Catalogue No. 138, Paris, 2011, no. 216.

Inscriptions

around oval in plate: FRID. AUGUST. D G. REX POLONIAR. SAC. ROM. IMP. ARCHIM ET ELECT. SAXON; lower left in plate: Fr. de Troy pinxit; lower right in plate: P. Drevet sculpsit

Wikidata ID

Q76558914

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