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Coriolanus before Rome (right plate)
Benoît Audran I (Franco–Dutch or German, 1661–1721)
and: Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
and: Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
about 1680-1700
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 72.9 × 49.9 cm (28 11/16 × 19 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 71.4 × 49 cm (28 1/8 × 19 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 71.4 × 49 cm (28 1/8 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4721.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF (Gérard Audran) 063; Robert-Dumesnil (Gérard Audran) 55, only state; Meyer (Gérard Audran) 91; Le Blanc (Benoît I Audran) 138
DescriptionRobert-Dumesnil and Meyer say that this print was engraved by Benoît I Audran and finished by Gérard Audran.
Marks
Recto, bottom right, the blindstamp of Le Chevalier de Damery, Paris (died c. 1803)(Lugt 2862); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.