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Eusebius Renaudot

Print
after 1720 (printed)
Artist/Maker
François Chereau (engraver)
Jean Ranc (artist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, seated in an armchair, by a colonnade, through which is seen the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleEusebius Renaudot (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Eusèbe Renaudot, engraving by François Chereau after Jean Ranc, after 1720.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, seated in an armchair, by a colonnade, through which is seen the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46cm (cut)
  • Width: 32.1cm (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
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Eusebius Renaudot Unus é XL viris Academicis Obiit la. septembris 1720 aetatis suae anno 74. J. Ranc pinxit. F. Chereau l’âiné sculpsit.' (Lettered)
  • (Stamped with the mark of the collection of the Rev. J. Burleigh James (mid-19th century) (Lugt 1425))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Production
1st state.
Subjects depicted
Liturgist
Colonnade
Eusèbe Renaudot
Places depicted
Saint Peter's Basilica
Rome
Bibliographic references
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris: É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Graveurs de Portrait en France. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-9.
  • Bibliothèque National. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Paris: M. le Garrec, 1930.
  • 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.181-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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