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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4002
People
François Chereau the Elder, French (1688 - 1729)
After Hyacinthe Rigaud, French (Perpignan 1659 - 1743 Paris)
Title
Cardinal Melchior de Polignac
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1729
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239700

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 43 × 34 cm (16 15/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 48.4 × 35.1 cm (19 1/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR:"Cardinal Polignac; Masterpiece; In the first state there is no Bishop's cross; In this state the Bishop's cross was added; (Bryan calls it 'very fine'); see Nagler"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. IV, no. 50, p. 319; Le Blanc 37, And. 6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4002
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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