Francois Maynard

1646

Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve

Associated Names
Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve

Artist, French, 1604 - 1678

The image features an engraved portrait of a man's head and upper torso within an oval border. The man is shown in a three-quarter view, facing slightly to his right, with a calm expression. He has medium-length, wavy hair, distinct facial features, and is dressed in an ornate robe fastened with a decorative clasp. The oval border includes text identifying the individual as "Franciscus Maynardus" and other Latin inscriptions. The background consists of tightly spaced parallel lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on thin laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 13.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.44.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 59

Artwork history & notes

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. 59.

1959

  • I.F.F. 1600 (1939-68), vol.3, p.268, 199.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Petrus; lower center in plate: 1646; lower right in plate: Daret fecit; around circumference in plate in frame: FRANCISCVS MAYNARDVS GERARDI FILIVS AETAT SVAE LXIIII; lower center in plate in rectangular space benea th frame: Hic eft Castalidum decus Sororum, / Pindi gloria Gallici Menardus: / Qui doctis Epigrammato n libellis / Cogit cedere Bilbilin Tolosae. AEgid. 9 Menagius

Wikidata ID

Q74067332

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