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| Id |
9003 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
BOUYS, André (1656-1740) |
| Title |
Catherine de Loison, Veuve de Messire Pierre Le Cornu Chevalier Seigneur de la Boissiere. [Mezzotint]. |
| Place |
a Paris |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
[ca 1725] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
12mo. 16, 24pp. |
| Description |
Mezzotint by A. Bouys after the painting by François de Troy (1645–1730). Light foxing, upper right corer a little creased, lower right corner missing a fraction with loss to end of imprint text. Boissiere is depicted three-quarter-length seated on a sofa, leafing through a music score held by a putto. |
| Reference |
A.P. de Mirimonde, L’iconographie musicale sous les rois bourbons: La musique dans les arts plastiques XVIIème–XVIIIème siècle (Paris, 1975), no.37 (pp.74-75), reproduced pl.XX. |
| Price |
£120.00 |
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