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Portrait of Carlo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Thomas de Leu (French, about 1555–about 1612)
about 1598
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.5 × 9.6 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)(trimmed on or slightly within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4256
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 468, ii/ii (see Note); IFF 367, ii/ii; Le Blanc 211
DescriptionRobert-Dumesnil says that the first state of this print has the initials "T.D.L." engraved in the lower right corner, just below the oval. A note by Charles Petitjean on the verso of his impression of this print, 22.1016, says that R-D has the states reversed, and that the initials are added in the second state. If Petitjean is correct, this impression, P4256, is of the first state.
Marks
Verso, bottom right, stamped in dark blue ink, the mark of Emile Galichon, Paris (1829-1875)(Lugt 1058); verso, bottom right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper 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.