Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron

Thomas de Leu

Artist, French, c. 1560 - c. 1620

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.6 x 10 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.208.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 317

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: Thomas de Leu.fe.; around oval border in plate: CHARLES DE GONTAVT DE BIRON MARESCHAL DE FRANCE; across bottom in plate: Au frond de ce Vainceur de ce filz de Bellone ...; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Ambassador to England 1601 / Intrigued against Henry IV / Decapitated 1602

Wikidata ID

Q75120656

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