Robert de Cotte
Pierre Drevet, French, 1663 - 1738
after Hyacinthe Rigaud, French, 1659 - 1743
about 1710
Engraving on copper on laid paper
Sheet: 19 3/16 × 14 3/8 in. (48.7 × 36.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Helena Mein Wade in memory of her husband, Alfred Byers Wade
PR.950.21.53
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Peint par Hyacinthe Rigaud; lower right: Grave par Pi.re Drevet pour l'Academie; center: Robert de Cotte/Chevalier de l'ordre de St. Michel, Con.er du Roy en ses Cona. Premr. Architecte, Intendant/des Batimens, Jardins, Arts, et Manufactures. de sa Majeste, Directeur de l'Academie/Royale d'Architecture, et Vice Protecteur de celle de Peinture et Sculpture.
Exhibition History
Molinari Medals & Plaquettes, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 11-December 12, 1976.
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth Collection, 1978, p. 31, no. 22.
Provenance
Alfred Byers Wade (1874-1949) Collection; to his wife, Helena Mein Wade (1878-1966), New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949; given to present collection, 1950.
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