Portrait of Louis I ("the Fair")("the Pious")("the Debonair"), King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor

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Portrait of Louis I ("the Fair")("the Pious")("the Debonair"), King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor

Monogrammist C.C. (French, 1495–1579)

1546

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 5.9 × 4.9 cm (2 5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)(trimmed in an oval, within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP4145

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsPrints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 53, only state; Le Blanc 53

Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, center, 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.