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Henri-Louis Le Kain

Role portrait as Orosmane in "Zaire" by Voltaire
Lost Art-ID
617630
Artist / Creator
Saint-Aubin, Augustin
Birth
1736.06.03, Paris
Death
1807.11.09, Paris
Artist / Creator
Lenoir, Simon Bernard
Birth
1729, Paris
Death
1791, Paris
Place of activity
Besançon (Doubs)
Title
Henri-Louis Le Kain
Additional title
Role portrait as Orosmane in "Zaire" by Voltaire
Dating
1788
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving)
Measures
41,5 x 28,6 cm (Platte)
Height
55.00 cm
Width
43.20 cm
Inventory number
II 13053
Description

Bust portrait in an oval on a plinth with dedication. He wears a precious robe and a turban.

Inscription: Le voila donc connu, ce secret plein d'horreur! ... Dédié par l'Amour Filial / aux Mânes de Henri Louis Lekain ... / Print par S. B. Le Noir, Peintre du Roi / Gravé par Aug. de St. Aubin. Engraver du Roi et de sa Bibliothèque...

Obverse: [in pencil above left:] 78 [in pencil above right:] Verz. XVII [below:] 570 / 3.- [in pencil below centre:] N. 26

Reverse: [Stamped lower right in platemark in blue:] Stamp of the Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess Collection, Nuremberg (in Lugt: L.2749) [in pencil lower right:] 70833 [below:] Kuh

Provenance

[...] - [...]: Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess Collection, Nuremberg (L.2749).

1904/1907 - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

22.06.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source

Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1937/451

Hugo Helbing, München: Anzeiger Nr. 17: Porträts. Kupferstich, Radierung, Schabkunst, Holzschnitt und Lithographie, [o. J. (Datierung nur vage zw. nach 1904 und vor 1907 möglich)], Lot-Nummer 570.

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