Courses de Testes et de Bague faittes par Le Roy, et par Les Princes et Seigneurs de sa Cour, en l'Année 1662

published 1670

Israël Silvestre

Artist, French, 1621 - 1691

François Chauveau

Artist, French, 1613 - 1676

Gilles Rousselet

Artist, French, 1610 - 1686

Charles Perrault

Author, French, 1628 - 1703

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: text by Perrault; ill: 11 double-page engravings by Silvestre (versos blank); 30 equestrian portraits (1 double-page, verso blank), 55 devices, 3 headpieces, 3 tailpieces, and various initials by Chauveau; plus engraved title page by Rousselet

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 54.9 x 40.8 cm (21 5/8 x 16 1/16 in.)
    overall size (volume open): 56 x 84.8 cm (22 1/16 x 33 3/8 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 56 x 42.4 x 3.1 cm (22 1/16 x 16 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.1.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Comte Ojarowski (stamp at foot of title); Otto Schäfer (his sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1995, lot 157); (purchased by Ars Libri, Ltd., Boston); purchased by NGA, 1996.

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