Object number1938.1.120.b

Portrait of Lully

DateNd

Artist Jean Louis Roullet (French, 1645-1699)

after Mignard (French)

CultureFrench

MediumEngraving

DimensionsImage: 19 15/16 x 13 1/2 in. (50.64 x 34.29 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Reed Thompson (Mary Thaw, class of 1877)

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned (LR): Ioan. Lud. Roullet Sculp. Parisiis et ex cum privilegio Regis; (LL): Paulus Mugnard Nic. dicti Avenis filius pinxit

InscribedInscribed (LR, written): Se vend à Paris rue St. Jacques chez la venue Audran aux 2 Piliers dor; (in circlet): JEAN-BAPTISTE LVLLY SECRETAIRE DV ROY ET SVRINTENDAN ___(three letters hidden)E SA MVSIQVE; (LL, on upper half of circlet showing nude man on bench): UT ASPICIT CVCITAT; (LR, on upper half of circlet showing lyre): NIL MORTALE CANIT; (LC): Qu'on ne nous parle plus d'Orphee / Par toy fameux LVLLY sa gloire est etoufee. / Si la Lyre et de la voix / La Fable vente en lui les rares avantages, Qu'a til fait qui ne cede a tes divins Ouvrages / Qui charment les plus grand des Roys.

BibliographyD. 2043.

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