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Jacobus Benignus Bossuet Episcopus // [Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet].
1723
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- Publisher
- 1723.
- People
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- Related Name
- Rigaud, Hyacinthe, 1659-1743
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Bossuet, Jacques Benigne, 1627-1704—Portraits
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Bishops—France—17th century—Portraits
- Bishops—France—18th century—Portraits
- Authors, French—17th century—Portraits
- Authors, French—18th century—Portraits
- Books in art
- Theologians—France—17th century—Portraits
- Theologians—France—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Jacobus Benignus Bossuet Episcopus // [Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet].
- Call Number
- A Middle 40/Drawer 06/GC077/Half Folio/18th c. GA 2012.01418
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dczc77t452v
- Publisher
- 1723.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1723
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 51.1 x 34.7 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of John Douglas Gordon, Princeton University Class of 1905.
- References
- Firmin-Didot 12
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Stipple engravings
- Inscribed in plate, below: 'Meldensis Comes Consistorianus antea serenissimi Delphini praeceptor, et primus serenissimae Ducis Burgundiae Eleemo-synarius natus 27 Septembris an 1627 obit 12a Aprilis 1704 // Hanc Effigiem, aeternum amoris ac venerationis monumentum incidi curavit Jacobus Benignus Bossuet Episcopus Trecensis ex fratre nepos.'
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Hyacinthus Rigaud pinxit".
- Depiction: Full-length portrait of Bossuet standing in front of column; wearing clerical attire, holding book and hat, gazing left.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Petrus Drevet sculpsit 1723".
- Item description: Fourth state out of five.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Bossuet, Jacques Benigne, 1627-1704—Portraits
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Bishops—France—17th century—Portraits
- Bishops—France—18th century—Portraits
- Authors, French—17th century—Portraits
- Authors, French—18th century—Portraits
- Books in art
- Theologians—France—17th century—Portraits
- Theologians—France—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b84a32ef-57b0-4767-af00-398d99dde8fe/manifest