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Portrait of Gilles Ménage

Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623–1678)
1652

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 19.4 × 13 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 19.2 × 12.8 cm (7 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4506
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Petitjean and Wickert 168, i/iii; Robert-Dumesnil 188, i/ii; Le Blanc 170, i/ii
Marks Recto, bottom right, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower left-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)