School of François Clouet

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School of François Clouet
-1572
Portrait of Oudard du Biez, Maréchal de France
Black chalk with red and brown chalk, on paper.
13 1/4 x 9 inches (340 x 230 mm)
Purchased by J.Pierpont Morgan in 1907.
III, 65a
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Watermark: none visible through lining. On secondary support, coat of arms.

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Inscribed in an old hand in pen and black ink at upper right, "M [illegible] du Biez". On verso, in graphite at upper center, "29 Marechal de Bois".

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Philip Henry Wodehouse, first Baron Currie of Hawley (1834-1906); Francis Harvey, London; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1907.
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Clouet, Jean, -1541, School of.
Currie, Philip, Sir, 1834-1906, former owner.
Harvey, Francis, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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