G1009: Louis Le Grand (Louis XIV)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G1009

People

Pierre Drevet, French (1663 - 1738)
After Hyacinthe Rigaud, French (Perpignan 1659 - 1743 Paris)

Title

Louis Le Grand (Louis XIV)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1712

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/275232

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 68.7 x 51.6 cm (27 1/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
sheet: 69.6 x 53.4 cm (27 3/8 x 21 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on plate l.r.: P. Drevet sculpsit
• inscription: on plate, lower center border: Louis le Grand
• inscription: on plate, l.l.: Hyacinthe Rigaud pinxit
• inscription: in graphite, l.r.: Pierre Drevet père

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/iii

Standard Reference Number

D. 55; IFF, vol. VII, no. 81, p. 330

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

G1009

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. 60-61, repr. as cat. 3 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

• The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005
• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/10/2017 - 09/14/2017

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