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Le Roi Fait Prosperer La France Alors Que L'Ignorance et Le Temps Detruisent Le Monde

Print
c.1557 (made)
Artist/Maker
Etienne Delaune (designed and engraved by)
Place of origin
France (made)

Print in which Henry II sits under a palm tree. Ignorance and Vice destroy the world


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleLe Roi Fait Prosperer La France Alors Que L'Ignorance et Le Temps Detruisent Le Monde
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Etienne Delaune, 1 of 5 plates from a suite of 9 entitled Allégories à La Gloire de Henri II. French, c.1557.
Physical description
Print in which Henry II sits under a palm tree. Ignorance and Vice destroy the world
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Length: 4.9cm
Style
French School
Copy number
4
Marks and inscriptions
Lower-right: 'S' (Lettered at the bottom right under Ignorance's right leg)
Object history
The issue which is described by R-D has the lettering cum. pri. Regis below the exergue outside the composition. None of the impressions in the Collection have this lettering. In two cases the plates have been cut (R-D 140, 141, pls. 1 and 2 but in pls. 3, 4 and 5 there is room for the lettering. As all impressions are very good, an issue prior to R-D has been assumed. The plates are described in the order of R-D.
Production
It is possible the plates in this set were printed before 1562. One plate in this set (not in collection) resembles the composition of a coin dated 1562 (R-D. citing Mariette, 142 footnote (1)).
Subjects depicted
Palm Tree
Henry II
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Robert Dumesnil, Le Peintre-Graveur Français, vol. XI, (1865), 144. Christophe Pollet, Les Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, (1518-1583), vol. I, (Villeneuve d'Asq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2003), 35. Taken from departmental notes.
  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le Peinture-Graveur Français. Paris, 1835-71.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
26447

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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