Portrait of Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730–1786)
Louis Jacques Cathelin, French, 1739 - 1804
after Louis Joseph Jay, French, 1755 - 1836
1783
Engraving on wove paper
Plate: 11 11/16 × 7 15/16 in. (29.7 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (39.3 × 28.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.244
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper center: [on scroll] Le Cid / Amida / L'Olimpiade / La Colonie / Perseo / Enea et Lavinia /Montezuma / &c.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: ANTONIO [N is reversed] SACCHINI. [N is reversed] / Né à Naples le 13 may 1735.; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Déssiné par LJay.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: A Paris chez la V.e [e in superscript] la Gardette M.de [de in superscript] Déstampes rüe du Roule. / A.P.D.R; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Gravé par LJ.Cathelin.
Exhibition History
Baroque Portraits, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 21, 1975-January 11, 1976.
Provenance
Source unknown.
Catalogue Raisonne
BN IV.42.96; Portalis and Beraldi I.335.68; Le Blanc I.614.24
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