Bernard Picart, 1715

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Medium

mezzotint and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 49.3 × 35.6 cm (19 7/16 × 14 in.)
plate: 33.5 × 24.1 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, no. 6 State ii/iii

Accession Number

2021.39.5

Artists / Makers

Nicolaas Verkolje (artist) Dutch, 1673 - 1746

Jean-Marc Nattier (artist after) French, 1685 - 1766

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in plate, below image: NEC VETERA aSPERNERE NEC INVIDEAS HODIERNIS. / BERNARDUS PICARTUS. Delineator & Sculptor, Stephani Picarti, cui / Romano cognomen, Filius, natus Lutetiae II. Junii anni MDCLXXIII à T. Marc / Nattier pictus anno MDCCIX & à N. Verkolje l.m. ere expressus Amstelodami MDCCXV; verso: none

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 6 , ii/iii