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AFTER JEAN PETITOT THE ELDER (SWISS, 1607-1691)
A French nobleman, in black doublet and white lawn collar, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Saint-Esprit, the embroidered badge of the Saint-Esprit on the sitter's cloak on sitter's left shoulder, long curling hair and moustache
enamel on copper
oval, 1½ in. (39 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with ribbon surmount, the reverse engraved with mirrored initials HC and coronet surmount
A French nobleman, in black doublet and white lawn collar, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Saint-Esprit, the embroidered badge of the Saint-Esprit on the sitter's cloak on sitter's left shoulder, long curling hair and moustache
enamel on copper
oval, 1½ in. (39 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with ribbon surmount, the reverse engraved with mirrored initials HC and coronet surmount
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Katharine Cooke