Portrait of Abel-François Poisson, Marquis de Vadiéres, later Marquis de Marigny 172?-1781

Johann Georg Wille, Louis Tocqué1761

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Title: Portrait of Abel-François Poisson, Marquis de Vadiéres, later Marquis de Marigny 172?-1781
Creator: Johann Georg Wille after Louis Tocqué
Date Created: 1761
Print State: Second of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: http://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/Obj14732
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1949
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: government, male portraits, nobles (aristocrats), portraits
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Wille engraved this as his reception piece for the 1761 Academy Salon
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 493 mm x 344 mm (19.41 in. x 13.54 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 69 ii/iii (vol. 3, p. 707); Le Blanc 125 ii; Firmin-Didot 2442 iii (vol. 2, p. 491); Courboin 530 (vol. 2, p. 37)
Associated People: Created by Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808), After Louis Tocqué (French, 1696-1772)
Accession Number: 1949.D3.12

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