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Portrait of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Maker

After
(artist)
1645-1730

L Auber (printmaker)

Title

Portrait of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Date of Production

18th century

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 27.4 cm
Width: 22.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6894

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: Au jong de la Raison asservissant la Rime; / Et mesme en imitant, toûjours original, / Jay sceu dans mes Escrits, docte enjoüé, sublime, / Rassembler en moi Perse, Horace & Juvenal. //

Inscription: Avant lui Juvenal avoit dit en Latin, Qu'on est assis à l'aise aux Sermons de Cotin. //

Inscription: Fran'. de Troye pinxit //

Inscription: L. Auber sculpsit. //

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