Artist: Sébastien Le Clerc (France, 1637-1714), graveur du Roi.
Title: La Devise héroïque de Louis le Grand.
Signed and inscribed in plate: Le Clerc fecit. Lettering with the device of Louis XIV: Plures non capit orbis, and quotation from Virgil: Quo justior alter nec pietate fuit nec bello major et armis. 1. Aen. [Aeneid, Book 1].
Dimensions: Platemark 9" x 8". Mat 15" x 13 3/4".
Date: 1684.
Materials and Techniques: Engraving on laid paper glued to the backing sheet against the impression.
Mat and Frame: Matted.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Trimmed within the borderline. Margins are extended with thick mounting paper. The lower part with lettering is missing. Spots. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Charles-Antoine Jombert. Catalogue raisonné de Sébastien Le Clerc. Vol. 2. Paris, 1774. p. 8, No. 195.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII C.
Museums and Libraries: The Bibliothèque nationale de France, Est., Coll. Hennin 5397.
Note: Allegorical representations of Louis XIV as Alexandre were made in Paris in 1684 during the lifetime of Louis XIV (1638-1715).
- Michael Bryan. Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. London, 1816. ref. le Clerc.