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Frontispiece to Volume 5 of Gomberville's "Polexandre"
1637
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.2 × 11.2 cm (6 3/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 15.9 × 11.1 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 15.9 × 11.1 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow Fund
Accession Number2003.305
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Blum 0166, only state; Duplessis 1103, only state; IFF 1103; Le Blanc 631
DescriptionOne of five frontispieces to a five part novel by Gomberville (Marin Le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville(1600-1674), published in Paris by Augustin Courbé, 1637.
Marks
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJames A. Bergquist, Boston; 2003, from whom purchased. (Accession Date: June 25, 2003)