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Portrait of a Man
about 1760-1785
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.7 × 20.1 cm (11 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 × 19 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 × 19 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7085
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionA note on the mat says that this is a portrait of the duc de Choiseul. It is possibly a portrait of Etienne-François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785). He is wearing a Huguenot cross, a Maltese cross with fleurs-de-lis and a dove.
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)