R1155NA: A Crossbowman and His Lady

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R1155NA

People

Anonymous France 1720, French (18th century)
Published by Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond, French (1679 - 1719)
After Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)

Title

A Crossbowman and His Lady

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

18th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/240497

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

Image: 20.1 × 17.3 cm (7 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.4 × 17.7 cm (8 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
plate: 22.3 × 17.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Engraved in the plate's lower margin, the stanzas left and right.: Quand je bande mon Arballeir fre[stre?] / Vne belle uient menbrasser, / Qui me dict faicte moy paroistre. / Comme vous scaues bien viser; // Lors j'obeis a sa parolle / Et porte ou la belle ma dict: / Luy faisant voir comme bon drosle / Que ie suis Maistre en ce deduit.
• label: Engraved in the center of the plate's lower margin.: le Blond excudit
• collector's mark: blue stamp with acc. no. written in graphite:
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / R1155NA [Lugt 936]
  

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall, by exchange

Object Number

R1155NA

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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