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Print, Portrait of Louis van Boisot

This is a Print. It was print maker: J Houbraken and after Cornelis Visscher and Pieter Soutmann. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 18.6 × 12 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Paper: 22.6 × 13.3 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on a plaquette below the oval: name; lower right: "J. Houbroken fec. naar de Cr. Pr. mn. C. Visscher"; on lower margin, center: "Js. Tirion excudit."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Louis van Boisot; Print Maker: J Houbraken; After Cornelis Visscher (Netherlandish, 1619 or 1629 – 1662), Pieter Soutmann (died 1657); Netherlands; engraving on paper; Plate: 18.6 × 12 cm (7 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.) Paper: 22.6 × 13.3 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-99

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