Armand de Bourbon-Conti

Jean Morin after Justus van Verus

Associated Names
Jean Morin

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650

Justus van Verus

Artist After, Flemish, 1601 - 1674

The image shows a portrait of a person's upper body, from the chest up. The individual is positioned slightly turned to the right, with their head facing forward and their gaze directed towards the left. They have wavy hair falling to their shoulders, along with refined features including eyebrows, a long nose, and slightly pursed lips. The person is dressed in formal clothing with a prominent collar, silky fabric, and a long chain with a large cross pendant around their neck. The portrait is framed in an oval frame with decorative elements including an ornamental crest with initials. The artwork is monochromatic with fine lines and shading typical of engraved portraiture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 35.1 x 24.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.25.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mazel 2004, no. 60, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (S, Lugt undescribed); J. Charrington (L.572)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1945

  • Hornibrook, Murray and Charles Petitjean. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650). Cambridge: University Press, 1945.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil 47.

2004

  • Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004.

Inscriptions

across bottom in pen and brown ink: Armand de Bourbon Contyne en 1629 mort en 1629. grave en abbe, Son [...] par [...]; upper right verso in graphite: This is only / impr ession known / with early WMs 0 and 2; cRv//in graphite: J.C. / only imp known / with WM 0/2 / H&P 10

Watermarks

(H/P 0 & 2)

Wikidata ID

Q74046122

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