BIB_ID
221705
Accession number
MA 6071
Published
[17--]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,; 1911.
Description
1 portfolio.
Notes
Voltaire gave this briefcase to the marquis de Florian, the husband of his niece Elisabeth Mignot. Her sister, Marie-Louise Mignot, Mme Denis, was Voltaire's companion for the last twenty-nine years of his life.
With extensive decorative gold tooling.
Exhibited numerous times at the Morgan Library as "Voltaire's briefcase."
With extensive decorative gold tooling.
Exhibited numerous times at the Morgan Library as "Voltaire's briefcase."
43 x 32 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Stamped on front: "Portefeuille de Monsieur / de Voltaire"; on back: "Donné a Monsieur / de Florian."
Medium
Leather; gold clasp.
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