Portrait of the Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)

Hyacinthe Rigaud1723

Details

Title: Portrait of the Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
Creator: Pierre-Imbert Drevet after Hyacinthe Rigaud
Date Created: 1723
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Petrus Drevet sculpsit 1723”; with full inscription in lower margin; inscribed in pencil on verso by Frederick Keppel (1845–1912), New York dealer from whom Davison presumably purchased the print
Print State: Ninth of fifteen states, before the dots after the painter’s name and “pinxit”
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), 1940
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on laid paper
Keywords: Christianity, clergy, male portraits, portraits, religions
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 508 mm x 346 mm (20 in. x 13.62 in.).
Bibliography: Courboin 514 (vol. 2, p. 23); Carlson and Ittmann, cat. 8; Firmin-Didot 1876 (p. 99) 12 iv; Firmin-Didot, "Portr." 489 iv (vol. 1, pp. 172–73); Portalis and Beraldi 61 (vol. 2, p. 22)
Associated People: Created by Pierre-Imbert Drevet (French, 1697-1739), After Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)
Accession Number: 1940.D1.93

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