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Entrée de son excellence M. le marquis de Vergennes

Lost Art-ID
617656
Artist / Creator
Midart, Lorenz Ludwig
Birth
1733, Metz
Death
19.07.1800, Basel
Place of activity
Solothurn
Title
Entrée de son excellence M. le marquis de Vergennes
Dating
1777
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving)
Height
80.00 cm
Width
56.30 cm
Inventory number
III 9883
Description

Entry of the French ambassador and the Swiss envoys into St Ursen in Solothurn. The various groups of envoys and the French ambassador enter the church via a grand staircase to invoke the alliance.

Inscription: Desiné à Soleure par L. Midart / ENTREE DE SON EXCELLENCE M. LE MARQUIS DE VERGENNES AMBASSADEUR DE SA MAJESTE TRES CHRETIENNE ET DE M. LES DEPUTÉS ...

Obverse: [in pencil top right:] 8.- [in pencil top left:] 15) [in pencil below right:] 1208

Provenance

[...] - 1938: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

12.05.1938: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1938/207
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