About the Artwork
Henri II d'Orléans, Duc de Longueville
1655
After Philippe de Champaigne (Artist) Flemish, 1602-1674 Robert Nanteuil (Artist) French, 1623-1678
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (27 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (31.8 × 23.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S820
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: Champaigne Pin. Inscribed, lower right: Nantueil Sculpebat. Inscribed, in plate, around frame of image, clockwise: HENRI D'ORLEANS, DVC DE LONGEVILLE ET D'ESTOVTEVILLE, PAIR DE FRANCE, PRINCE SOVVERAIN DE NEVCHASTEL, & Inscribed, in plate, in medallion, lower center: C'est la fameux Henry, les Amours de nostre âge, | Ce Prince genereux, humain, vaillant et sage, | Qui des mains de la Gloire a le front couronné; | Il n'est point de grandeur qu'il n'ait eüe en partage, | Mais celle à quoy sur tout il paroist le plus né, | Est celle où le grand sens est joint au grand courage.
Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
June 1885, N.C. Perkins.Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Robert Nanteuil; after Philippe de Champaigne, Henri II d'Orléans, Duc de Longueville, 1655, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S820.
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