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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.153
People
Nicolas de Larmessin the Elder, French (c. 1640 - 1725)
Title
Maria Theresa of Austria
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1662-1663
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377782

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 40 × 33.3 cm (15 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below portrait: De Larmessin Sculpsit
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blank ink, stamped: AH (Alfred Hubert, Lugt 130)
  • collector's mark: lower right, red ink, stamped: Crown over "O" (Count Octave de Behague, Lugt 2004)
  • collector's mark: lowr right, black ink, stamped: FRH (Frederic R. Halsey, Lugt 1308)
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 58 69 / 3 [circled]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: JPSNY1913

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Count Octave de Behague, Paris (Lugt 2004). Alfred Hubert, Paris (Lugt 130) [sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, May 29, 1909, lot 376]. Frederic R. Halsey, New York (Lugt 1308) [sale, New York, The Anderson Galleries, March 14-16, 1917, lot 260]. John Davidson, Chicago, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Inventaire du Fonds Français XVII, vol. 6, cat. no. 50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John B. Davidson
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.153
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue des très belles estampes de toutes les écoles . . . composant la collection Alfred Hubert, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, May 25-29, 1909), lot 376
  • The Frederic R. Halsey Collection of Prints, Part VII: Old Masters and Many Famous Portrait Engravers of the XVIIth Century, auct. cat., Anderson Galleries (New York, May 14-16, 1917), lot 260

Verification Level

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