Nicholas Boileau

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Medium

engraving and etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.2 x 18.2 cm (10 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

sheet: 30.7 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Catalogue Raisonné

Firmin-Didot 1876, no. 242, State only

Accession Number

1991.23.8

Artists / Makers

François Chereau I (artist) French, 1680 - 1729

Hyacinthe Rigaud (artist after) French, 1659 - 1743

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: H. Rigaud. P.; lower right in plate: F. Chereau. F.; lower center in plate: Boileau Sut remplacer Horace, / Sut il Sut remplacer et Perse et Juvenat; / Mais de cet auteur sa ns egal / Qui remplira jamais la place.

Bibliography

1876: Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Drevet (Pierre, Pierre-Imbert et Claude); catalogue raisonne de leur oeuvre. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1876.