L. Bay de Curys

1762

Claude Henri Watelet after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Associated Names
Claude Henri Watelet

Artist, French, 1718 - 1786

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist After, French, 1715 - 1790

The image shows a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a man facing to the right, enclosed within a circular frame. He has a prominent nose, high forehead, and tightly curled hair styled back and tied with a ribbon at the nape of his neck. The man wears an 18th-century style coat with a high collar and a cravat. Above the circular frame is a decorative bow. The background is plain and textured, with the name "L. BAY DE CURYS," the year 1759, and the artist's signature inscribed below the circular frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 x 14.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30 x 21.9 cm (11 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.71.4

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: L. BAY DE CURYS.; lower left in plate: Cochin. delin. 1755; lower right in plate: Watelet SC. 1762; by later hand,across bottom in brown ink: cortoleuv (?)... plaisirs du roi

Wikidata ID

Q74880410

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