2017.120.61: Louis XIV Awarding the Blue Ribbon of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Duke of Burgundy, Father of Louis XV, the Reigning King of France
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2017.120.61
- People
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Nicolas Larmessin the Younger, French (Paris 1684 - 1755)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
- Title
- Louis XIV Awarding the Blue Ribbon of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Duke of Burgundy, Father of Louis XV, the Reigning King of France
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: Louis XIII metant le Cordon Bleu a Monsieur de Bourgone...
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/359118
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Engraving and etching
- Dimensions
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sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 37 × 46.5 cm (14 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: N. de Larmessin Sculp.
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LOUIS XIIII METANT LE CORDON BLEU A MONSIEUR DE / BOURGOGNE PERE DE LOUIS XV, ROY DE FRANCE REGNANT. / Gravée d'Aprés le tableau original Peint par Watteau, haut de 2. pieds / 8. pouces sur 1 pied 10. pouces le large. // LUDOVICI XV. REGNATIS PATREM, BURGUNDIORUM DUCEM / DEBITO STE. SPIRITUS ORDINE DONAT LUDOVICUS XIIII. / Scalptus juxtà Exemplar à Watteavo Depictum altitudo 2. pedem / cum 8. uncüs, et latitudo 1. pedes cum 10. continet.
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Jullienne / a Paris avec privilege du Roy.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, by 1884, by descent, sold [through Christie's, London, July 15, 2015, lot 172]; to private collection, United Kingdom, sold [through C. G. Boerner LLC, New York], to; Harvard Art Museums, 2017
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- iv/iv
- Standard Reference Number
- Dacier & Vuaflart 227
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
- Accession Year
- 2017
- Object Number
- 2017.120.61
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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