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Tel estoit Du Perron

Maker

After
Girard Herbin (artist (?))
act. c.1600-c.1658 (Life dates)

Denizot (engraver)

Title

Tel estoit Du Perron

Date of Production

16th or 17th century

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 21.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6354

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes...
Fig. p. vol. 2 p. 108

Inscriptions

Inscription: Herbin pinx //

Inscription: Denizot. //

Inscription: Tel estoit DU PERRON; mais son divin scauoir / A Surpasse' L'humain avec d'avantages, / Que la posterite' s'offencera de voir / La face d'un mortel au front de ses ouurages, //

Inscription: P. mariette 1693 //

Inscription: 190 //

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