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Print made by John Simon, 1675–1755, French, The Devout, undated
- Title:
The Devout
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/16 inches (37.5 × 26.5 cm), Plate: 13 13/16 × 9 7/8 inches (35.1 × 25.1 cm), Image: 12 5/16 × 9 7/8 inches (31.3 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#92"
Watermark
Lettered, lower left: "Etienne Jeaurat pinx | How amiable the Fair, who's thoughts & Deeds, | From rules of Piety & Truth proceeds;"; lettered, lower center: "The Devout"; lettered, lower right: "J. Simon fec & ex. | Who's Mind unto no sensual pleasures given | But in her Breast enjoys a perfect Heaven."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1155
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- books | Christianity | columns | contemplation | crucifix | dress | faith | ivy | landscape | monastery | mountain | praying | reading | religious and mythological subject | trees | veil | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23000
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