J. ROUSSET de Missy 

• Jacob Houbraken 

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  Jean Fournier
• Copper engraving 
• Print signature 
• Jacobus Rijckhoff 

Portrait bust to the right of Jean Rousset de Missy (1686-1762) behind a ledge bearing a four-line text in French. Rousset de Missy was a French Huguenot and renowned historian and author in the field of international law. He was born in Laon and studied at the Collège du Plessis in Paris. He served in the Dutch army during the Wars of the Spanish Succession. In 1724 he became a journalist. Copper engraving and etching by Jacob Houbraken (1698-1780), after a painting by Jean Fournier from 1747. Published in Amsterdam, ca.1747 by Jacobus Rijckhoff. Signed in print. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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