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The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a seated person with curly hair, pronounced eyebrows, and a straight gaze. They wear an elaborate coat with a high collar. The background consists of closely spaced parallel lines, and below the portrait, there is a block of text in French.
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The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a seated person with curly hair, pronounced eyebrows, and a straight gaze. They wear an elaborate coat with a high collar. The background consists of closely spaced parallel lines, and below the portrait, there is a block of text in French.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Anonymous

Bernard Picart

Date
1719
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 15.2 × 10.4 cm (6 × 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.51
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1701 to 1725
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 37689. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.