Maurice de Saxe
Johann George Wille, German, 1715 - 1808
after Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659 - 1743
1745
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 13/16 in. (45.5 × 32.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl, and John S. Stahl in memory of their parents Barbara J. and David G. Stahl, Class of 1947
2014.73.102
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower center, in plate, in image: Maurice de Saxe / Duc de Curlande et de Semigallie / Maréchal de France.; inscribed, lower left, in plate: Peint par Hiacinthe Rigaud Chev. de l'Ord. de St. Michel.; inscribed, lower center, in plate: AParis chez l'Auteur Quay des Augustins entre les Ruës Pavee et Gile-Coeur au logis de M. Emery; inscribed, lower right, in plate: Et Grave par J. G. Will 1745
Provenance
Collected by Barbara Jaffe Stahl (1930-2004) and David Gerald Stahl (1926-2013), Manchester, New Hampshire; bequeathed to their children Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl and John S. Stahl, 2013; given to present collection, 2014.
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