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Portrait of François de Malherbe

Maker

After
Louis Finson (artist)
1580-1617

(printmaker)
1654-1735

Title

Portrait of François de Malherbe

Date of Production

(c.) 1690 - 1709

Medium

etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 34.5 cm
Width: 25.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7249.83

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: L. FINSON / Cab. Boyer d'Aguilles, Aix, Mariette, 1744. //

Inscription: ORDINAIRE DE LA CHAMBRE DU ROY FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE GENTILHOMME //

Inscription: I: Coelemans, Sculpsit. 48. //

Inscription: Finsonius belga pinxit. 1613. //

Inscription: Sic ora gessil, amor Chori parnassij, / Malherba; qui novum decus, / nouos lepores patrice linguae attulit; / et Gallicam poëticen / Graeca expoliuit, ae Latina pumice, / nouámque prorsus condidit. / I.B. Reboul //

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