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Portrait of Clodoveus, King of the Franks
about 1540-1550
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7.4 × 5.7 cm (2 15/16 × 2 1/4 in.)(trimmed in an oval, within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4127
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Robert-Dumesnil or Le Blanc
DescriptionThe inscription on this print is "CLODOVEVS REX FRANCORVM". Robert-Dumesnil does not list a print with this inscription. The monogram, which appears to be two intertwined initials "C" with a backwards "L", is different from the two intertwined C's of the Monogrammist C.C.
Marks
Verso, lower center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, 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.