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Nicolas Colbert

Nicolas Pitau I after Claude Lefebvre

National Gallery of Art

The image displays a portrait of a man within an oval medallion. The man has an oval face with soft features, curly medium-length hair, and is wearing clerical attire with a large white collar and a dark cape or robe. He has a cross around his neck. The background features a circular border with text, and beneath the portrait is a coat of arms with a snake coiled around a staff inside a shield. The image is highly detailed and engraved.

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
3477 × 4438 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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