Louis XIII

1643

Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve

Associated Names
Pierre Daret de Cazeneuve

Artist, French, 1604 - 1678

The image shows a man on horseback. He is seated upright on a rearing horse, holding the reins in one hand and a scepter in the other. The man has a mustache and medium-length wavy hair, wearing a laurel wreath and ornate armor. A sash drapes over one shoulder. The background includes a textured sky with clouds and a landscape with figures on horseback and hills or mountains. The illustration style suggests historical or classical influences.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper [second state]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.6 x 19.3 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.1 x 20.4 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.131.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 52

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

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Petrus Daret Sculpsit. 1643; printed below plate mark, across bottom: Ce grand Roy...Sa bonte

Wikidata ID

Q74887550

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