Victor Bouthillier

Balthasar Moncornet

Associated Names
Balthasar Moncornet

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1668

This image shows an engraved portrait of a man's upper body, focusing on the chest up. The man is portrayed in a slightly angled position, looking directly at the viewer. His facial features include a broad forehead, pointed nose, mustache, and a goatee. He has medium-length, wavy hair parted in the middle. He is dressed in period-appropriate clothing with an ornate collar and a cross pendant hanging from a ribbon around his neck. The background features an oval frame design with crests in the upper left and right corners.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.7 x 11.4 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 18.3 cm (10 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.208.71

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, undescribed

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: B. Moncornet excudit, Avec priuilege du Roy; across bottom in plate: VICTOR LE BOVTHILLIER, Archeuesque de Tours, ...; by later hand, lower left in red ink: (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q75120893

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