Aymon Premier

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French
 Charles-Francois Jouillan
After Charles Antoine Coypel French

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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.

Aymon Premier, Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris), Etching and engraving; third state of four

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