Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].

Found In:

Lewis Walpole Library > Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].

11138690

Description

Title: Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Contributor: Van Somer, Paul, 1577 or 1578-1621 or 1622, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1791]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the face finished; t he body is only outlined
Description: Inscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?
Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: The head by G.P. Harding.
Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: French Protestant Minister in England D. 1700.
George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853.
Provenance: Gift of Jules Prown, June 1970.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 35 x 26 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Perfect Harding, Andre Lortie Sidevant Ministre de Leglise Reformee de-la Rochelle. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.