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Bound Print, Pompe funèbre de Polixène de Hesse-Rhinfels Reine de Sardaigne en l’église de Notre de Paris le XXIV Mars M. DCC. XXXV.

This is a Bound print. It was production directed by Michel de Bonneval and print maker: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder and from the office of Menus-Plaisirs du Roi and sculpted by Sébastien-Antoine Slodtz and Paul-Ambroise Slodtz and published by Imprimerie de Ballard. It is dated 1756 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

92.1 × 61.1 cm (36 1/4 × 24 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: De Bonneval. in.; Lettered in plate, lower right: C.N. Cochin Sculp

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, lower center: POMPE FUNEBRE DE POLIXENE DE HESSE-RHINFELS REINE DE SARDAIGNE EN L’EGLISE DE NOTRE DAME / DE PARIS LE XXIV.E MARS M. DCC. XXXV. / Cette Pompe ordonnée par M. Le Duc de Gévres, Pair de France, Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roy, a eté conduitte par M. de Bonneval, / intendant et Controlleur general de l’argenterie, menus plaisirs et affaires de la Chambre de sa Majesté, et executée par les Srs. Perault et Slodtz.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Pompe funèbre de Polixène de Hesse-Rhinfels Reine de Sardaigne en l’église de Notre de Paris le XXIV Mars M. DCC. XXXV.; Production directed by Michel de Bonneval (French, d. 1766); Sculpted by Sébastien-Antoine Slodtz (French, 1695 - 1754), Paul-Ambroise Slodtz (French, 1702 - 1758); Office of Menus-Plaisirs du Roi; Published by Imprimerie de Ballard; Print Maker: Charles-Nicolas Cochin the elder (French, 1688 - 1754); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; 92.1 × 61.1 cm (36 1/4 × 24 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-205-1

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