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Portrait of René de Longueil, marquis de Maisons

Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623–1678)
1653

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 33.6 × 26.5 cm (13 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26502
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Petitjean and Wickert 146, only state; Robert-Dumesnil 165, only state; Le Blanc 143
Marks Verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, right center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsPrinted at the bottom of the sheet, recto, in black ink, from type, "LUSTRISSIMO NOBILISSIMOQUE VIRO DOMINO"
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)