Chronologer William Parsons

1696

Simon Gribelin II

Artist, English, 1661 - 1733

Pierre Berchet

Artist After, French, 1659 - 1720

Simon Gribelin II after Pierre Berchet

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 6.2 × 5 cm (2 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.1 × 7.5 cm (3 9/16 × 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.874

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at top, on scroll: Aetat 38. 1696; in plate, at center, on cartouche: Tam MARTI Quam MERCURIO; in plate, at bottom center, on scrolls: P Berchet De / WP Inv / S. Gribelin sc"; at lower left, in brown ink, in later hand: Aet: 38 1696 / W. P.; verso: at lower center, in graphite, in later hand: Coll. W. Parsons 7/6; at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: 4906

Watermarks

fragment to identify

Wikidata ID

Q65367189

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