The Dutchess of Mazareen & Count Colbert, in the Characters of Vertumnus and Pomona
Engraver
James Watson
(Irish, born Dublin, Ireland ca. 1740-died London, England 1790)
ArtistAfter
Caspar Netsche
(Dutch, born Heidelberg, Germany 1639-died The Hague, Netherlands 1684)
Date1777
Mediummezzotint
Dimensions
frame: 27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
sight: 15 1/2 × 11 in. (39.4 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.2.444
Descriptionthree-quarter length portrait of seated young woman (Hortense Mancini, the Duchess of Mazarin) wearing light-colored dress, left hand resting on bust and right elbow is resting on surface, hair is decorated with pearl ornament; to the left of the woman is an older man (Count Colbert) appearing from behind the wall through a window, looking right towards woman in a suggestive manner
Bottom under image: "The Duchess of Mazareen & Count Colbert in the Characters of Vertumnus and Pomona"
Bottom under image: "The Duchess of Mazareen & Count Colbert in the Characters of Vertumnus and Pomona"
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