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Henri Louis Chasteigner de la Rochepozay

Print
early 17th century (published)
Artist/Maker
Isaac Briot (engraver)
Place of origin
Poitiers (published)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleHenri Louis Chasteigner de la Rochepozay (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Henri Louis Chastigner de la Rochepozay, engraving by Isaac Briot, 1627.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing slightly right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.5cm (cut)
  • Width: 15.2cm (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
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'I. Briot, fecit.' (Signed)
  • 'Aet. 42. 1619.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as a plate in Rochepozay's Exercitationes in Quatuor Libros Regum…, Poitiers, 1627.
Subjects depicted
Bishop
Henri Louis Chastigner De La Rochepozay
Bibliographic references
  • The full text of the entry is as follows: ‘BRIOT, Isaac, II (1585-1670) Henri Louis Chasteigner de la Rochepozay (died 1651), Bishop of Poitiers. Portrait, head and shoulders, facing slightly right. Plate from his Exercitationes in Quatuor Libros Regum…, Poitiers, 1627. (Le B.72; BN:Fonds 70) Signed I. Briot, fecit. Lettered with name of sitter and Aet. 42. 1619. Engraving. Cut to 22.5 x 15.2 cm. E.136-1960’
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Bibliothèque National. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Paris: M. le Garrec, 1930.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.136-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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