Philip Mercier

1735

John Faber II after Philip Mercier

Associated Names
John Faber II

Artist, Dutch, c. 1684 - 1756

Philip Mercier

Artist After, French, born Germany, 1689 - 1760

The image is a portrait of a man looking directly at the viewer. He has a prominent nose and a calm expression. The man wears a patterned cap with floral designs, a robe-like garment with large buttons and tassels, and a scarf around his neck. He is holding a palette and paintbrushes. In the background are shelves with many books.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.7 x 25.8 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.78

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 239, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Ipse pinxit.; lower right in plate: I Faber. fecit 1735.; lower center in plate: Philippus Mercier / Scutarius Primarius Pictor et Bibliothecarius Serenissimi Walliae Principis.; lower right in plate: Sold by I. Faber at the Golden head in Bloomsbury Square.
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Wikidata ID

Q76346297

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