Henry IV

Jean Morin after Louis Elle I

Associated Names
Jean Morin

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650

Louis Elle I

Artist After, French, 1612 - 1689

The image depicts a person facing slightly right, with a calm expression. He has a full face with deeply set eyes, a prominent nose, and a small mustache and beard. His hair is wavy and combed back. He wears an elaborate robe with intricate patterns, a high collar, and a sash across his chest. The robe appears to have armor underneath, textured to indicate its rigidity and shine. The background is dark, and the portrait is framed in an octagon. There is a name or inscription in elegant script at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 30.7 x 21.3 cm (12 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.25.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mazel 2004, no. 67, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1945

  • Hornibrook, Murray and Charles Petitjean. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650). Cambridge: University Press, 1945.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil 60.

2004

  • Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: HENRY IIII / Roy de France et de Nauarre; lower left in plate: Ferdinand Pin; lower right in plate: Morin Scul.; upper center verso in graphite: 22; lower left verso in graphite: no.323 de la vente du 31 Mai 1860 / colleciton ?hien; lRv//in pen and brown ink: 230; lRv//illegible initials in graphit e

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q74046197

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