Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 15.6 x 10 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Catalogue Raisonné

Robert-Dumesnil, no. 317

Accession Number

1991.208.4

Artists / Makers

Thomas de Leu (artist) French, c. 1560 - c. 1620

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Thomas de Leu.fe.; around oval border in plate: CHARLES DE GONTAVT DE BIRON MARESCHAL DE FRANCE; across bottom in plate: Au frond de ce Vainceur de ce filz de Bellone ...; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Ambassador to England 1601 / Intrigued against Henry IV / Decapitated 1602

Bibliography

1967: Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe