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Print, Portrait of Louis Hesselin

This is a Print. It was printed by Robert Nanteuil. It is dated 1660 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper with black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 33.5 × 25.9 cm (13 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.) Platemark: 32.7 × 25 cm (12 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower left: "R. Nanteuil ad vivum faciebat 1658." Lower margin: "Ludovicus Hesselin / Regis a secretioribus Consilys Palaty e Camerae / Denaniorum Magister 1660."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Louis Hesselin; Printed by Robert Nanteuil; France; etching on paper with black ink; H x W: 33.5 × 25.9 cm (13 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.) Platemark: 32.7 × 25 cm (12 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-2

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