Robert Nanteuil
Francois Mallier du Houssay, Bishop of Troyes

ArtistFrench, 1623–1678
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Francois Mallier du Houssay, Bishop of Troyes
Datec. 1656
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state II/III
DimensionsPlate: 13 1/8 × 11 1/8 in. (33.3 × 28.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 12 5/8 in. (38.5 × 32.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2022.97
Non exposé

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Provenance[Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC and Susan Schulman Fine Art], as of 2019-2021; purchased by MFAH, 2021
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in plate, left bottom edge: Velut Pinxit. Nanteuil Sculpebat.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: 167
Verso: Inscribed in ink, lower left: RD.167II Du Houssay, Eveque de Troyes/Extremely fine
Verso: Inscribed in ink, bottom left corner: A47089, encircled initials BS
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center bottom edge: unidentified Dutch signature

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Catalogue raisonnéAdamczak 2011, no. 92, p. 170; Petitjean 1925, no. 148

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