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Americanorum Rex, Guisius, from "Courses de Testes et de Bagues Faittes par Roy et par les Princes et Signeurs de sa Cour, en l'annee 1662" (Grand Carrousel)

1662–70
Not on view
Restrike of plate 76 from a series of 106 plates by Israel Silvestre and François Chauveau, published in 1670. The series depicts jousting festivities given by Louis XIV at the Tuileries, June 5, 1662, in which nobles dressed as Persians, Americans, Romans and Turks.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Americanorum Rex, Guisius, from "Courses de Testes et de Bagues Faittes par Roy et par les Princes et Signeurs de sa Cour, en l'annee 1662" (Grand Carrousel)
  • Series/Portfolio: Courses de Testes et de Bagues Faittes par Roy et par les Princes et Signeurs de sa Cour, en l'annee 1662
  • Artist: François Chauveau (French, Paris 1613–1676 Paris)
  • Artist: Israel Silvestre (French, Nancy 1621–1691 Paris)
  • Author: Charles Perrault (French, Paris 1628–1703 Paris)
  • Sitter: Louis-Joseph de Lorraine, Duc de Guise (French, 1650–1671)
  • Date: 1662–70
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (31.8 × 26.5 cm)
    Sheet: 14 3/16 × 11 7/8 in. (36.1 × 30.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Prints-Fete, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.654.29
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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