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Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen

Portrait in black ink of a light-skinned, clean shaven man in religious costume with dark curly hair and a cross around his neck. He is framed by an oval that contains his name and title in Latin text.
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  • Portrait in black ink of a light-skinned, clean shaven man in religious costume with dark curly hair and a cross around his neck. He is framed by an oval that contains his name and title in Latin text.

Date:

c.1699

Artist:

Pierre Drevet (French, 1663-1738)
after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pierre Drevet

Title

Portrait of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1699–1700

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed within image, in decorative oval frame: "Jacobus Nicolaus Colbert Archiepiscopus Rothomacensis, Normaniae Primas Abbas Beccensis Et Prior De Charitate."; lower left: "Hyacin.9 Rigaud pinxit."; lower right: "Petr. Drevet Sculpsit."

Dimensions

Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 45.2 × 36.2 cm (17 13/16 × 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1887.306

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