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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G4109
People
Johann Georg Wille, German (Königsberg in Bayern, Germany 1715 - 1808 Paris, France)
After Louis Tocqué, French (Paris 1696-1772 Paris)
Title
Abel François Poisson, Marquis of Marigny
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Engraved by Jean Georges Wille for his Reception into the Académie
Original Language Title: Abel François Poisson, Marquis de Marigny (1696-1772)
Original Language Title: Gravé par Jean Georges Wille pour sa Reception à l'Academie
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1761
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/278377

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 42.2 × 32.4 cm (16 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
Plate: 49 × 34.2 cm (19 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 51.5 × 36 cm (20 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
Le Bl. 125

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G4109
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William McAllister Johnson, French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture: Engraved Reception Pieces: 1672-1789, exh. cat. (Kingston, Canada, 1982), pp. 145-147, no. 73 [not Harvard impression]

Verification Level

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