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Prestation de Serment de son Excellence M. le Marquis de Vergennes

Lost Art-ID
617657
Artist / Creator
Midart, Lorenz Ludwig
Birth
1733, Metz
Death
19.07.1800, Basel
Place of activity
Solothurn
Title
Prestation de Serment 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 9882
Description

The French ambassador and the Swiss envoys enter the nave of the church to take the oath.

Inscription: Desiné à Soleure par L. Midart / PRESTATION DE SERMENT 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:] 16) [in pencil below right:] 1209

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 1938/208
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