Francoys de Scepeaulx, 1564

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

sheet: 25.7 x 16.3 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Robert-Dumesnil, no. 309

Accession Number

1999.10.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre II Woeiriot de Bouzey (artist) French, 1532 - 1599

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, around edge of oval: FRANCOYS DE SCEPEAULX SEIGNEVR DE VIELLEVILLE MARESCHAL DE FRANCE; in plate, on pedestal: IN SPEM CONTRA SPEM; in plate, lower center: WB (in monogram), 1564; in graphite, lower left verso: rare

Provenance

(Hill-Stone, Inc., New York); purchased 1998 by NGA.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.

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