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Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul

Print
01/05/1771 (published)
Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer (publisher)
Laurie, Robert (engraver)
Loo, Louis-Michel Van (Vanloo) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, leaning against a plinth, wearing a sash and sword, and standing against an architectural background with allegorical figures. The sitter rests his right arm on the plinth and holds a roll of paper in his hand. At the base of the plinth lies a sword and the staff of Mercury, with two snakes entwined around it. In the right background are two senators and the figure of a bearded man - Diogenes (?) - with a dog, lantern and staff.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleÉtienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul. Mezzotint by Robert Laurie after Louis-Michel van Loo, 1771.
Physical description
Full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, leaning against a plinth, wearing a sash and sword, and standing against an architectural background with allegorical figures. The sitter rests his right arm on the plinth and holds a roll of paper in his hand. At the base of the plinth lies a sword and the staff of Mercury, with two snakes entwined around it. In the right background are two senators and the figure of a bearded man - Diogenes (?) - with a dog, lantern and staff.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.2cm
  • Width: 35.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
Rococo
French School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'L. M. Vanloo pinxit. Robt. Lowery fecit. R. Sayer Excudit. Imp à Londres chez Robt. Sayer, Publié selon l'Acte Parlement le 1 Mai 1771.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. in French, Latin motto and)
  • (With the mark of the collection of Alfred Morrison (Lugt 151))
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Dog
Plinth
Senators
Staff
Sword
Snakes
Lantern
Staff
Diogenes
Choiseul, Étienne François De (Duc De Choiseul)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.436-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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