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LastDodo number
5236649
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
RES URBANAS ... MORIBUS ORNAT, LEGIBUS EMENDAT. HOR. EP. LL. II.
Year
1765
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Dimensions
25,9 x 17,7
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Portrait bust to the left inside oval by Antoine de Sartine comte d'Alby (1729-1801). On a pedestal are crowned coat of arms and 2 lines of text in Latin. Copper engraving by Claude Antoine Littret (1735-1775), after a painting by Louis Vigee (1715-1767). Made in 1765. Signed and dated in print. Antoine Raymond Juan Gualbert Gabriel de Sartine comte d'Alby (1729-1801) was a French politician who held various positions in the Ancien Régime, including lieutenant général de police (1759-1774), and ministre de la Marine under Louis XVI. Source: Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France, 2015.

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