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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24267
People
Sébastien Le Clerc the Elder, French (Metz 1637 - 1714 Paris)
Title
The Marquis de Villacerf Viewing Tapestries at the Gobelins Factory
Other Titles
Former Title: Colbert Visiting the Manufacture des Gobelins
Former Title: Colbert viewing 'The Battles of Alexander' after Charles Lebrun in the Galerie de l'Hotel Royal des Goblins
Original Language Title: La Galerie de l'Hotel Royal des Gobelins ou l'on fait voir a Monseigr. Colbert.
Series/Book Title: Les Batailles d'Alexandre
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1696
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189824

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 12.5 × 23.7 cm (4 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Plate: 14.6 × 24.6 cm (5 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 15 × 25.5 cm (5 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on plate, below image: Seb. le Clerc fecit

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Jombert 257; IFF 458.III

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jakob Rosenberg Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24267
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/19/2018 - 02/06/2019

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