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Honoré d'Urfe

Print
early 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of a man, wearing a lion skin and a crown of laurels, within an oval scrolled border with letters, laurels, a blindfold head of Cupid and a lion mask from which is suspended a cartouche.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHonoré d'Urfe (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Honoré d'Urfé, Marquis de Valromey and Comte de Châteauneuf. Engraving after Louis Beaubrun, early 17th century.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, wearing a lion skin and a crown of laurels, within an oval scrolled border with letters, laurels, a blindfold head of Cupid and a lion mask from which is suspended a cartouche.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm (cut)
  • Width: 10.2cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Pour tirer au vray…Urfé, de peindre to Espirit.' (Lettered)
  • (Stamped with the mark of the collection of Sydney Vacher (1854-1935) (Lugt 2376))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.4179-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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