BIB_ID
287476
Accession number
MA 25.30
Creator
Staal, Gustave, 1817-1882, engraver.
Published
[France] : Brunox, [18--]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 210 x 160 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
Head-and-shoulders portrait of French bishop and theologian Jacques Bénigne Bossuet with his head facing slightly right; An open book and a cross are depicted above him, and a bird with outstretched wings perches below him.
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