Jean François Polеtnich, after Jacques Jordaens. Le Roy de la Fève. Paris, Basan and Poignant. 1769. Burin engraving. 46 x 61 cm Dedicated to His Excellency Dimitri Prince of Galitzin minister plenipotentiary of the Russian court to His Most Christian Majesty, gentleman of the Chamber, and honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Saint Petersburg.Й.Ф. Полетних, с оригинала Якоба Йорданса. Бобовый король. Париж, Basan and Poignant. 1769. Гравюра резцом. 46 х 61 см. С посвящением Его Превосходительству Превосходительству принцу Дмитрию Голицыну, полномочному министру двора России при Его Христианнейшем Величестве, камергеру и почетному члену Императорской Академии в Санкт-Петтербурге.

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