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Israël Silvestre
Jean Le Pautre
First day – Pageant of the King, with his knights… (Premiere Journée – Comparse du Roi, et de ses Chevaliers…) (1664)
etching and engraving
27.2 × 41.5 cm (image) 27.7 × 42.3 cm (plate) 45.5 × 58.9 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
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First day – Pageant of the King, with his knights…
(Premiere Journée – Comparse du Roi, et de ses Chevaliers…)
(1664)
plate 3 from the Les Plaisirs de L'Isle Enchantée, ou les festes, et les divertissements du Roy, à Versailles, Diviséz en trois journeés, et commencéz le 7me jour de May de l’année 1664 (The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle, or the festivities and amusements of the King at Versailles, divided in three days commencing on the 7th of May 1664) series (1664)
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
27.2 × 41.5 cm (image) 27.7 × 42.3 cm (plate) 45.5 × 58.9 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Le Blanc 768, Faucheux 318.3 iii/iii, Preaud 916.3 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by l’Imprimerie Royale, Paris (c. 1673)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Israel Silvestre, deline, et sculpsit Parisiis.
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Comparse du Roy et de ses Chevaliers, avec toutes leurs fuittes, / dans le Camp de la course de bague, pendant l'Ouverture
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: de la feste, faite par les recits d'Apollon et des quatre / siecles, assis fur un grand Char de triomphe.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Premiere Journée.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 3
Accession Number
p.183.74-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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