Guillaume PERRIER 1er
vers 1600 – 1656
Emblematic piece depicting Lazare Meyssonnier, the King's physician, imploring the Blessed Virgin and the Infant Jesus
1646
Original etching
276 × 198 mm, trimmed to the plamark, the tablet missing
A fine impression of the final state, with the addition of a razor, a moxa and a flask next to the doctor’s cap in the foreground, and the inscription S. Raphael on the right, thinning in the corners, tip of the lower left corner redone, small pinholes near the lower edge, traces of folds on the reverse.
Watermark: Jug
Reference: Robert Dumesnil 4 XI ii/ii
Robert-Dumesnil attributes this plate to Guillaume Perrier II (Mâcon, 1625 – Lyon, 1759), nephew of François Perrier. According to Alvin Clark, whom we thank, this plate is more likely to be by Guillaume I Perrier (active in 1623 – Lyon, 1656), brother of François Perrier.