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Description: | RU s. on plate b. l. "HYacynthe Rigaud pinx"; s. on plate b. r. "Claud. s Drevet sculp. 1728"; inscr on plate b.l. "La faucille a la main c'est ainsi que Ceres / Aussi brillante, aussi belle que Flore, / Mais plus feconde et plus utile encore, / Vient moissonner pour nous ses plus riches guerets."; inscr on plate b. r. "En recevant les biens qu'elle nous donne, / Defendons nous de ses atrraits vainqueurs / Jeune et riante elle moissonne / Moins d'epics encor que de Coeurs. / A Parris chez P. Drevet Graveur du Roy aux Galleries du Louvres"; inscr in pencil on the back of the print "Leith Nov. 1840"; inscr in pencil on the back of the print "Les Avignons 78 16/ " PRINT Drevet, Pierre; (French; 1659-1738) CRE DREVET, Claude; (French; 1697-1781) AFTER RIGAUD, Hyacinthe; (French; 1659-1743) Claude Drevet was the nephew and pupil of Pierre Drevet; (French; 1663-1738). Rigaud represented his sitter as the Greek godess of the Harvest, Ceres. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : WOMAN : LADY : CERES : TREE : XVIIITH CENTURY : CLOUD : MYTHOLOGY : MARGUERITE HENRIETTE DE LA BRIFFE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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