Inventory number
RF 38612, Verso
Handwritten inventory reference:
vol.30, p.132Collection
Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre
Description
Object name/Title
Le Roi David
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
H. 0,432 m ; L. 0,278 m
Materials and techniques
Plume et encre brune, pierre noire. Papier collé en bas à gauche portant texte imprimé "Carolus Quintus nom(...) / (...)e, nec à cœpto victus desiste labore : / Perge, Palatini gloria magna soli, / Et que prætea Rhenus monumenta Nicerque, / Atque Palatini principis ora legit. / Quæque tui plutei, multo limata labore, / Fac prossint aurâ liberiore frui. / Ausoniiq (?), tuâ curâ illustrata Mosella / Prodeat, et cursu prosperiore fluat. / Scaliger id dudum petiit ; rogat ipsa Mosella, / Communis proprio Patria iure rogat. / QVIRINVS REVTERVS. D. / Professor in Acad. Heidelb. / ...".
History
Acquisition details
achat
Acquisition date
1980
Location of object
Current location
Petit format
The artwork can be seen by appointment in the Louvre's Prints and Drawings Study Room.
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Last updated on 24.09.2024
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
Full entry on the collection website of the Department of Prints and Drawings:
http://arts-graphiques.louvre.fr/detail/oeuvres/1/145317-Le-Roi-David