Louis le Bien Aime

Pierre-François Basan after Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II

Associated Names
Pierre-François Basan

Artist, French, 1723 - 1797

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II

Artist After, French, 1704 - 1778

The image shows an elderly man in a loose-fitting, hooded garment sitting cross-legged on the ground. He rests one arm on a large oval frame displaying a portrait of another man. The elderly man has a bushy beard and his hair is mostly covered by the hood. He has a neutral expression, looking outward. The man in the oval frame is depicted from the waist up, wearing detailed clothing with a vest, sash, ribbons, and a medal. The background includes a large tree, a lantern in the man's hand, a book near the tree roots, flowers, foliage, a coat of arms, and decorative natural elements. The image is embellished with text and script at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 46.7 x 32.5 cm (18 3/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.6 x 38.3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.99.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meyer, no. 169


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1872

  • Meyer, Julius et al. Allegmeines Kunstler-Lexikon, unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes. 3 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1972-1885.

1930

  • I.F.F. 1700, 1930-70, vol.2, p.144, 252.

1959

  • Meyer, 1872-85, vol.3, p.93, 169.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: Le Moine et figieme Pinscit / Basans Sculpsit / Louis le Bien Aime / Roy de France et de Navarre; across bottom in plate: (14 lines of poetry)

Wikidata ID

Q74044530

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