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Portrait of Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus

  • etching, paper
  • 314 x 256 mm
  • Inv. 2015-EH-2

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Jean-Pierre Camus (1584-1652) was a French bishop, preacher and author of fiction and religious publications. He was a friend of St Francis de Sales, the author of a large number of satirical bon mots, the pious and fervent bishop of Bellay, who refused the diocese of Arras and Amiens and preferred to die in the hospice of the Incurables in Paris, is depicted almost with the face de face and decorated with the pastoral cross, in an octagonal border.

Artist

Jean Morin RKD
Paris ca. 1605 - 1609 - Paris 1650
etchersAAT

Philippe de Champaigne RKD
Brussels 1602 - Paris 1674
after

Audran
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Title Portrait of Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus
Period 17th century
Location Paris TGN
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription outside the depiction: ILLVSTRISSIMO . ECCLESIÆ . PRINCIPI . IOANNI . PETRO . COMVS . EPISCOPO . DE . BELLEY
watermarks top centre
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-EH-2
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-EH-2
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8362/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015637 portraits AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11P3113 archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic) Iconclass
11P31131 insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier Iconclass
11Q7146 liturgical vestments, canonicals Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass
61B2(JEAN-PIERRE CAMUS) historical person (JEAN-PIERRE CAMUS) Iconclass
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