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Portrait of Charles Perrault
1694
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.6 x 20.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)(with 2-5 mm margins at the top and sides; trimmed slightly within the platemark at the bottom)
Credit Line
Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession NumberM1811
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a writer and member of the Académie française. He is most famous for his collection of fairy tales, "Tales of Mother Goose," which includes Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, and Little Red Riding Hood.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 292, only state; IFF 156; Le Blanc 287
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544); verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882