Louis de Saint-Gelais, baron de La Mothe-Saint-Héray, seigneur de Lansac (1512-1589)
François Clouet
(French, 1510–1572)
François Clouet
(French, 1510–1572)
about 1561
Medium/TechniqueBlack and red chalk on cream antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 30.5 x 20.1 cm (12 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line1939 Purchase Fund and Otis Norcross Fund
Accession number46.350
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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.
François Clouet
about 1557
Unidentified artist, Netherlandish (?), 17th century
17th century
Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Unidentified artist, French, 17th century
