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Description: | RU, unmounted inscr on plate in ovale border "OFFEREBAT FRATER NICOLAUSL'ENFANT MINOR TRICASSINUS / IOANNES JACOBUS DE MESMES COMES D'AVAUX IN SUPREMO GALLIARUM / a Paris chez P. Giffard graveur du Roy a l'image Ste Therese avecprivil. du Roy". CRE MASSON, Antoine; (French; 1636-1700) PUB Giffard, Pierre; (French; 1638-1723) Pierre Mignard met Antoine Masson when he was working for an armourer. Impressed by his talent, he advised him to work on his drawing, which Masson did, to become a successful engraver.
Outside th ovale border surrounding the portrait, there are boules in each corner with allegorical themes, and maximes in latin. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : MAN : AVAUX : NOBILITY : XVIITH CENTURY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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