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Portrait of Nicolas de Launay (1647–1727)

about 1712–19
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil and black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue antique laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 42.2 x 32.6 cm (16 5/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of C. Adrian Rübel
Accession number61.1028
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned in lower left in pencil: "Hyacinth Rigaud" (not in artist's hand).
ProvenanceC. Adrian Rübel, Boston; acquired September 1961
Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud
1795
Portrait of an Artist
Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud
after 1711
A Magistrate
Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry
undated
Drawing from a Live Model at the French Royal Academy
Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
1775
End of the Day
Jean-François Millet
about 1852–54
Battle of the Horatii
Giulio Romano
about 1538