Louis XV as a Boy

Jean Audranca. 1716-1718

Details

Title: Louis XV as a Boy
Creator: Jean Audran after Pierre Gaubert
Date Created: ca. 1716-1718
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Gravé par Audran” with full inscriptions
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper. Watermark: “T [device] DV [device] V” (unidentified)
Keywords: male portraits, portraits, royalty
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 500 mm x 346 mm (19.69 in. x 13.62 in.).
Bibliography: Portialis and Beraldi 14 (vol. 1, p. 53); see “Inventaire du Fonds Francais, 18c” (vol. 1, pp. 247–48); Le Blanc 362; Firmin-Didot 66 (vol. 1, p. 17); see Courboin (vol. 2, pp. 46–48)
Associated People: Created by Jean Audran (French, 1667-1756), After Pierre Gaubert (French, 1659-1741)
Accession Number: 1944.D1.26

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