Louise de Lorraine

Thomas de Leu after François Quesnel

Associated Names
Thomas de Leu

Artist, French, c. 1560 - c. 1620

François Quesnel

Artist After, French, 1543 - 1619

This image is an engraving of a portrait showing the upper body of a woman positioned facing forward. Her hair is styled in an elaborate high updo with decorative elements, including a crown-like accessory at the top. Her facial features are finely detailed, with arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a small, slightly closed mouth. She is wearing an opulent dress with a high, lace ruffled collar that fans out around her neck, and her sleeves are puffy and ornamented with patterned fabric. Around her neck, there is a string of pearls and a brooch-like decoration fastening her dress. She is wearing dangling earrings. The background consists of a textured oval frame with text around the border, setting her within a decorative vignette, and beneath the portrait is a section containing French text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.5 x 10.8 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.208.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 351


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Tho. de leu fe. FQuesnel; around oval border in plate: LOVISE DE LORRAINE; across bottom in plate: Ceste belle Princesse en ce monde ...

Wikidata ID

Q75120646

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