The library of Pierre Séguier: painting and music support putti trumpeting the fame of the library. Engraving by M. Dorigny after S. Vouet, 1640.
- Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.
- Date:
- 1640
- Reference:
- 567583i
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Description
Pierre Séguier was chancellor of France and protector of the Academy. His library was decorated with paintings by Vouet, to which the present print provides a "porticus" or gateway
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [publisher not identified], 1640.
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 42.2 x 28.6 cm
Lettering
Porticus bibliothecae illustriss. Seguierii Galliae Cancellarii a Simone Voüet pictore regio depicta ; M. Dorigny scul.
References note
Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, cabinet des estampes, tome 3, Paris 1954, pp. 480-484, no. 76
Reference
Wellcome Collection 567583i
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