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Nicolas Pitau sen. (1632 Antwerp - 1671 Paris) after Claude Lefebvre (1632 Fontainebleau - 1675 Paris)

N. PITAU (*1632) after LEFEBVRE (*1632), Benjamin Priolo (1602-1667), around 1650, Copper engraving Nicolas Pitau sen. (1632 Antwerp - 1671 Paris) after Claude Lefebvre (1632 Fontainebleau - 1675 Paris): Portrait of the French historian Benjamin Priolo (1602-1667),, c. 1650, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "C. le Feure Pin. / N. Pitau sculp. 1663.". Lower middle inscribed in the printing plate: "Benjaminus Priolus / Santo. Juliani. F. / Eques Venetus / Rerum Gallicarum Scriptor / florentissimus.". Date: c. 1650 Description: The portrait of Benjamin Priolo shows the historian sitting at a desk. His head is turned towards the left edge of the picture. He is wearing a hat and a buttoned robe. In his right hand he is holding a quill pen with which he is writing on a sheet of paper. His left hand is resting on an upright book. An hourglass stands in front of the book as a reference to his profession. In the background, a curtain draped to one side provides a view of Priolo's library. Person: Depicted: Benjamin Priolo (1602 - 1667 ) French historian Keywords: hourglass, portrait, portrait, book, library, history, historian, pen wedge, 17th century, Baroque, Portraits, France, Size: Paper: 31,3 cm x 20,7 cm (12,3 x 8,1 in), Plate: 22,6 cm x 16,0 cm (8,9 x 6,3 in)

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Nicolas Pitau sen. (1632 Antwerp - 1671 Paris) after Claude Lefebvre (1632 Fontainebleau - 1675 Paris)

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