Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737, Dutch, Nicolaus Boileau Despreaux, 1704
- Title:
- Nicolaus Boileau Despreaux
- Date:
- 1704
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (41.3 × 29.5 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (29.2 × 41.3 cm), Plate: 16 × 11 3/8 inches (40.6 × 28.9 cm), Image: 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (36.8 × 28.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "28"; lower right: "12'90.33"
Lettered below image, lower left: "J Gole fec"; lower center: "NICOLAVS BOILEAV DESPREAVX, | MORVM LENITATE ET VERSVVM DICACITATE, | ÆQVE INSIGNIS. | Natus Kal. Nov, M. DC. XXXVII. Pictus III. Non. Mart. M. DCC. IV"; lower right: "Hyacinth Rigand pinxit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.22
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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