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Portrait of Henry II, King of France
Niccolò della Casa (Italian, active 1543–1547)
1547
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.3 x 30.4 cm (17 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Platemark: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.2796
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This impression was printed after the plate had two holes drilled in it at the top, on either side of the subject's head.
Catalogue Raisonné
Robert-Dumesnil 5, only state; IFF vol. 1, p. 212, only state
Marks
Verso, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of the Collection Defer-Dumesnil, Paris (Lugt 739); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (b. 1778 - d. 1864), Paris. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)