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Portrait of Jean-François Sarrasin

Robert Nanteuil (French, 1623–1678)
1656

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 21.8 × 15.6 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Platemark: 21.4 × 15.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM27693
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Petitjean and Wickert 203, indeterminate state (there are no vertical lines at the bottom of the plate, but it appears that the paper is abraded there); Robert-Dumesnil 220, indeterminate state; Le Blanc 203, indeterminate state
Marks Verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA Jenkins Bequest (Lugt 4831); verso, lower right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
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)