Marguerite Henriette de la Briffe

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Artist/Maker	Drevet, Claude (engraver) Rigaud, Hyacinthe (engraver)
Place of origin	France (printed)

Portrait, three-quarter-length, full face, seated, as Ceres.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Marguerite Henriette de la Briffe (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Engraving on paper Paper Printing Ink Engraving
Brief description	Portrait of Marguerite Henriette de la Briffe. Engraving by Claude Drevet after Hyacineth Rigaud, 1728.
Physical description	Portrait, three-quarter-length, full face, seated, as Ceres.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 44.8cm Cut to width: 32.3cm Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965' published by HMSO 1966
Style	French School
Copy number	3rd? state
Marks and inscriptions	'La faucille…Coeurs' (Lettered with 8 lines of verse) Hyacinthe Rigaud pinx. Clauds. Drevet sculp. 1728 […]' (Lettered (the remainder of the lettering has been cut))
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. Fuller in memory of the Reverend A. Fuller and A.W.F. Fuller through Art Fund
Object history	F-D.9, BN:Fonds 5. Both ?3rd state
Subjects depicted	Women Ceres
Associated objects	E.400-1965 (Copy) E.401-1965 E.457-1960
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 pub. HMSO 1966
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.399-1965

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O696941/marguerite-henriette-de-la-briffe-print-drevet-claude/

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