Nicolas Colbert

Nicolas Pitau I after Claude Lefebvre

Associated Names
Nicolas Pitau I

Artist, French, 1632 - 1671

Claude Lefebvre

Artist After, French, 1632 - 1675

The image displays a portrait of a man within an oval medallion. The man has an oval face with soft features, curly medium-length hair, and is wearing clerical attire with a large white collar and a dark cape or robe. He has a cross around his neck. The background features a circular border with text, and beneath the portrait is a coat of arms with a snake coiled around a staff inside a shield. The image is highly detailed and engraved.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1974.116.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

Wikidata ID

Q65575844

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