G1204: Madame Helyot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1204

People

Gérard Edelinck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1640 - 1707 Paris, France)
After Jacques Galliot, French (Péronne (Somme) born 1640)

Title

Madame Helyot

Other Titles

Original Language Title: La belle religieuse

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1683

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/274967

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

Image: 38.6 × 28.8 cm (15 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 39.5 × 29.9 cm (15 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 41.5 × 31.1 cm (16 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left engraved in image: F. Luc. Recot. In. Jac. Galliot pinx
• inscription: lower right engraved in image: G. Edelinck Sculpsit et. ex. cumpri.regis
• monogram: lower right engraved below image: M with a cloth drapped Cross (?) coming out of the top

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii

Standard Reference Number

R.-D. 223

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray

Object Number

G1204

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715, checklist, Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, 2015), pp. 222-223, repr. as cat. 76 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

• Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

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