BIB_ID
287437
Accession number
MA 25.19
Creator
Masson, engraver.
Published
[France, 18--]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 295 x 215 mm
Notes
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
Full-length portrait of French bishop and theologian Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, standing with his left hand on a book and a hat in his right hand. There is a chair behind him on the left and a pile of books in front of him on the right.
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