BIB_ID
287366
Accession number
MA 25.9
Creator
Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831, engraver.
Published
Paris : Chez l'Auteur, Président du Musée de Paris, [18--]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 401 x 256 mm
Notes
At top of engraving: "Les Illustres Français."
Includes a printed biography of Fénelon as part of the engraving.
Labeled "No. 34" at the upper right plate mark.
Part of a collection of letters, manuscripts, and prints related to Fénelon and Bossuet; see collection record (MA 25) for more information.
Includes a printed biography of Fénelon as part of the engraving.
Labeled "No. 34" at the upper right plate mark.
Part of a collection of letters, manuscripts, and prints related to Fénelon and Bossuet; see collection record (MA 25) for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Half-length oval portrait of French theologian and writer François Fénelon, in profile and facing right. The portrait is framed and set within an image of the interior of a church; a lunging swan appears below the frame. Classical scenes surround the church interior, and text and a decorative panel appear below.
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