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The Dutchess of Mazareen & Count Colbert, in the Characters of Vertumnus and Pomona

1777
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: The Dutchess of Mazareen & Count Colbert, in the Characters of Vertumnus and Pomona
  • Engraver: James Watson (Irish, Dublin ca. 1740–1790 London)
  • Artist: After Caspar Netscher (Dutch, Heidelberg 1639?–1684 The Hague)
  • Sitter: Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin (French, 1646–1699)
  • Sitter: Jean Baptiste Colbert (French, 1619–1683)
  • Dedicatee: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1792 London)
  • Date: 1777
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 in. × 14 in. (45 × 35.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.469
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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