Jean Daullé
Portrait of Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

ArtistFrench, 1703–1763
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait of Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Date1741
MediumEngraving and etching on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 20 3/16 × 13 3/4 in. (51.2 × 35 cm)
Mount: 29 7/16 × 20 1/2 in. (74.7 × 52 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2022.249
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ProvenancePrinces of Lichtenstein; [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas, as of 2021-2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed on plate, directly below bottom left corner of image: Peint par R. Tourniere
Recto: Inscribed on plate, directly below bottom left corner of image: Grave par J. Daulle. 1741.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, directly to right of bottom right corner of image: 20077
Recto: Stamped in purple and black, below lower center of image: [BILD 1251]
Recto: Stamped in purple and black, bottom left corner: MAPPE 182
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 1676. Tourniere Robert.
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: 182
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Matthew [?]/AR[?].Prof in Berlin/Rei[?]/1698-1759
Recto: Stamped in purple and black, bottom left corner: BLATT] 1


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Catalogue raisonnéLe Blanc 37; Firmin-Didot 333 II; Roux 47; Delignières 44; IFF 8 III, a later printing

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