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Aymon Premier

1726
Not on view
The comte de Caylus was an antiquarian, a writer and an amateur etcher who influenced many artists and collectors of the Rococo period. This charming and whimsical portrait print records a lost drawing by Caylus's friend, the painter Charles Coypel. It represents Étienne-Isidore-Théophile Aymon (1659-1731), portemanteau to the king and co-founder, along with Philibert-Emmanuel de Torsac of a bawdy and comic society, originating in the military, called Le Régiment de la Calotte. The society’s coat-of-arms can be seen in the print just below Aymon’s portrait.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Aymon Premier
  • Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
  • Artist: Charles-Francois Jouillan (1697–1778)
  • Artist: After Charles Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1694–1752 Paris)
  • Date: 1726
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 7 9/16 in. (29.5 × 19.2 cm)
    Plate: 11 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (28.6 × 18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Henfield Foundation Gift, 2014
  • Object Number: 2014.516
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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