René Descartes Chevalier Seigneur du Peron
Print
1691 (printed)
1691 (printed)
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Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly left, within an oval border with letters.
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Title | René Descartes Chevalier Seigneur du Peron (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving |
Brief description | Print, portrait of René Descartes, engraving by Étienne Picart after an unknown artist, 1691. |
Physical description | Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly left, within an oval border with letters. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'René Descartes Chevalier Seigneur du Peron né a la Haye en Touraine le dernier jour de Mars l’an 1596 Decedé a Stockholm lé Onzieme de Fevrier 1650. Hactenus humanae…vivendam. Santolius Victorinus Bene Vixit Bene Qui Latuit Picart romanus Sculp. C.P.R. 1691.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Edgar Seligman |
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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. |
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Accession number | E.3209-1960 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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