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Portrait of François Potier, Marquis de Gesvres
about 1640-1643
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.4 × 25.4 cm (12 3/8 × 10 in.)
Platemark: 31.1 × 25.2 cm (12 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 31.1 × 25.2 cm (12 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gordon Abbott and George Peabody Gardner
Accession Number22.879
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mazel 065, ii/ii; Hornibrook and Petitjean 17, iv/iv; Robert-Dumesnil 53, only state; Le Blanc 59
Marks
Recto of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the d'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); recto of backing sheet, lower right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Charles M. Petitjean, Versailles (died c. 1925(Lugt 608); verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
Provenanced'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Nordkirchen (Lugt 567); Charles M. Petitjean, Versailles (died c. 1925)(cf. Lugt 608); from whom purchased by Gordon Abbott, Boston, and George Peabody Gardner, Boston (1855-1939); their gift to the MFA April 1, 1922