Wm: Defesch

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Artist/Maker	François Morellon La Cave (engraver) Andrea Soldi (artist)
Place of origin	France (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, holding a pen and a sheet of music.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Wm: Defesch (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Engraving Engraving
Brief description	Print, portrait of Willem de Fesch, engraving by François Morellon la Cave after Andrea Soldi, 1751.
Physical description	Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right, holding a pen and a sheet of music.
Dimensions	Height: 24.4cm Width: 19.7cm 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	French School
Marks and inscriptions	'Wm: Defesch / A. Soldi pinxit. F: Morellon le Cave Sculpsit, 1751.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted	Violinist Musician Composer Sheet Music Willem De Fesch
Bibliographic references	O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25. Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2095-1960

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O565486/wm-defesch-print-françois-morellon-la/

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