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Unknown gentleman, given the name of François III de Pisseleu, Bishop of Amiens, then Abbey of Saint-Cormeille and de la Roë (about 1510-1564)

Unknown gentleman, given the name of François III de Pisseleu, Bishop of Amiens, then Abbey of Saint-Cormeille and de la Roë (about 1510-1564)

(French, 1510–1572)
(French, 1510–1572)
about 1555
Medium/TechniqueBlack, red, and yellow chalk on cream antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 30.3 x 20.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line1939 Purchase Fund and Otis Norcross Fund
Accession number46.349
On View
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ClassificationsDrawings
Inscriptionsin upper margin, cut and pasted to the border: Le sr de saincte cornille
ProvenanceWilliam Ponsonby, 2nd Count of Bessborough (died 1793); Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Count of Bessborough (1758-1844) (attributed to Holbein); Edward M. Hodgkins, London; Charle Wickert, Paris (died 1918); George Jay Gould (1864-1923); Mr. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); acquired April 11, 1946 by the Purchase Fund and Otis Norcross Fund, MFA.