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Description: | IU s. on plate b. r. "Schmidt sculpsit"; inscr on plate b. l. "Fontaine pinxit"; inscr on plate b. c. "Charles Gabriel de Tubieres de Caylus, / eveque d'Auxerre" CRE SCHMIDT, Georg, Friedrich; (German/French School; 1712-1775) AFTER FONTAINE, Louis de; (French; 18th century) Although Schmidt is German, this engraving is considered as belonging to the French School, as it is after a French painter, and was engraved while Schmidt, who became a member of the French Royal Academy in 1742, was in Paris. The sitter was bishop of Auxerre from 1704 to 1754. He was a prominent Jansenist with high connection at court, as his sister-in-law was Mme de Maintenon. | 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 : 18TH CENTURY : BISCHOP : CHARLES GABRIEL DE TUBIERES DE CAYLUS : CROSS : CHURCH : JANSENISM : | 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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