Jean Loret
Robert Nanteuil, French, 1623 - 1678
1668
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (29 × 21.3 cm)
Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 3/16 in. (26 × 18.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Transferred from the Dartmouth College Library
2014.79.49
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
In plate, around image: IEAN LORET. DE CARENTAN EN BASSE NORMANDIE; in plate, lower right: Nanteuil ad viuum; in plate, lower left: del. et Sculpebat 1668.; in plate, bottom center: C'est, icy, de Loret la belle, ou laide Image, / En france, bien, ou mal, il eut quelque renom, / Et Lecteur, et Lectrice, en voyant son ouvrage, / Iugeront s'il avoit un peu d'Esprit, ou non.
Provenance
Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978); given to the Dartmouth College Library, likely through the Estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915-1995) courtesy of Edward Connery Lathem (1926-2009); transferred to present collection.
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