Portrait of the Marquis de Marigny / Jean-Georges Wille / After Louis Tocqué

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Record Details

Accession Number

1968/2.40

Title

Portrait of the Marquis de Marigny

Artist

Jean-Georges Wille

Artist Nationality

German

Artist Life Dates

1715-1807

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

Object Creation Date

1761

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Inscription

All inscriptions in pencil. Verso: u.r. margin corner: 40 Lower margin, just beneath the plate mark, from left to right: Peint par L. Tocqué Abel Fr Poisson, Marq. de Marigny Gravé par [faded: J.G. Wille] l.l. margin corner, faded illegible writing: [115? or 215?] l.r. margin corner, faded illegible writing: [S56?] l.c. margin, between two corner inscriptions (faded): Pour sa reception a l'Académie, 1761 Above the l.r. margin faded attribution to the engraver, illegible diagonal writing: (PRJ?) Recto: u.r. corner, faded: (N15-G?) / 112 l.l.: L. Tocqué l.r.: J.G. Wille / Abel Francois Poisson / Marquis de Marigny l.l. corner: 40 40770 (encircled) / [illegible] l.r. corner: Z (erased) / CX / 1968/2.40 2-12 [illegible]

Dimensions

56.5 cm x 39.4 cm (22 1/4 in. x 15 1/2 in.)

Century

18th century

Primary Keywords

half-length

Secondary Keywords

figures

people and occupations

portraits

Rights

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Technical Details

Collection

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Image Size

951 x 1359

File Size

135 KB

Record

1968/2.40

Link to this Item

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