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Portrait of Henry II, King of France

(Italian, active 1543–1547)
1547
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 43.3 x 30.4 cm (17 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lydia Evans Tunnard in memory of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number63.2796
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
This impression was printed after the plate had two holes drilled in it at the top, on either side of the subject's head.
ProvenanceAlexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (b. 1778 - d. 1864), Paris. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; by inheritance to his niece, Lydia Evans Tunnard (Mrs. Christopher Tunnard, b. 1913 - d. 1980), New Haven, CT; 1963, year-end gift of Mrs. Christopher Tunnard to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 1963)