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A man is standing on a ladder, with a pot of paste on the ground as he sticks a poster to the wall. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by E. Fessard, 1742, after E. Bouchardon.

Mary and Joseph voyage to Egypt with the infant Jesus. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after A. Carracci.

The Mass. Colour mixed media print by the Comte de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after Polidoro da Caravaggio.

Sick people entreating a bishop saint to intercede for them. Etching by the Comte de Caylus after G. Brandi.

A barber with his back turned, standing by his chair. Etching by the Comte de Caylus, 1737, after E. Bouchardon.

Death of Saint Francis Xavier, holding a crucifix and looking at the sky; angels and cherubs emerging from the clouds. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and woodcut by N. Le Sueur after L. Gimignani.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Laurence and other figures. Colour etching by A.-C.-P. de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, and woodcut by N. Le Sueur after P. de Pietri.

Christ among the apostles. Colour mixed media print by comte A-C-P. de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after R. del Colle.

Saint Philip Neri. Colour etching by the Comte de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after L. Garzi.

Iole with the club and lion-skin of Hercules. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

The natural history of chocolate : being a distinct and particular account of the cocoa-tree, its growth and culture, and the preparation, excellent properties, and medicinal vertues of its fruit. Wherein the errors of those who have wrote upon this subject are discover'd; the best way of making chocolate is explain'd; and several uncommon medicines drawn from it, are communicated / [D. Quélus] ; Translated from the last edition of the French, by R. Brookes.

A sloping tree on a river bank. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after Annibale Carracci.

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Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

Images from the collections

Images by Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

Works from the collections

Christ among the apostles. Colour mixed media print by comte A-C-P. de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after R. del Colle.

Iole with the club and lion-skin of Hercules. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

Sick people entreating a bishop saint to intercede for them. Etching by the Comte de Caylus after G. Brandi.

A sloping tree on a river bank. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after Annibale Carracci.

Frequent collaborators

Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

Images from the collections

Images by Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

Works from the collections

Christ among the apostles. Colour mixed media print by comte A-C-P. de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after R. del Colle.

Iole with the club and lion-skin of Hercules. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

Sick people entreating a bishop saint to intercede for them. Etching by the Comte de Caylus after G. Brandi.

A sloping tree on a river bank. Etching by A.-C.-P. de Caylus after Annibale Carracci.

Frequent collaborators

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