Claude Lefebvre

Monsieur Charles Patin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Medecine de Paris

This Claude Lefebvre portrait of "Monsieur Charles Patin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Medecine de Paris" is an original etching and engraving, printed upon fine seventeenth century hand-made, laid paper published in 1663. It is an accomplished work of art by the French painter and etcher, Claude Lefebvre. Charles Patin, was a leading doctor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris.

Monsieur Charles Patin Doctor Regent of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris by Claude Lefebvre

Monsieur Charles Patin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Medecine de Paris

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Title:	Monsieur Charles Patin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Medecine de Paris
Artist:	Lefebvre, Claude (Fontainebleau, 1633 - Paris, 1675)
Date:	1663
Medium:	Original Etching & Engraving
Note:	Claude Lefebvre: A fine French portrait painter and etcher, Claude Lefebvre studied art under Le Sueur and Le Brun at Fontainebleau. Claude Lefebvre quickly established himself as a leading portraitist and at the age of thirty he was appointed a member of the prestigious Royal French Academy. The same year (1663) he etched this beautiful portrait of Charles Patin, a leading doctor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris. Several years later Claude Lefebvre visited London. While there he was invited to paint at the court of King Charles II. The art of Claude Lefebvre is included in such major collections as the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Louvre, Paris.
	Although primarily a painter, Claude Lefebvre also etched a small number of exceptional portraits. Unlike most of his contemporaries, who based their engravings upon the designs of other artists, Claude Lefebvre both designed and etched his art. Examples of his etched art are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and other galleries.
Size:	7 X 5 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed & Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine seventeenth century hand-made, laid paper and with thread margins slightly past the plate-mark on all sides. Containing traces of glue staining on the verso corners, else Monsieur Charles Patin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Medecine de Paris is a strongly printed, early impression and in good condition throughout. This finely etched and engraved portrait of Monsieur Charles Patin, represents a prime example of the art of Claude Lefebvre.
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