George Louis de Clerc, Comte de Buffon Portrait of George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, 1707-1788
Printmaker:
Baron, C.
Painter:
Drouais, François Hubert
(After)
Drouais, François Hubert
(Printmaker)
Bequeathed by Spencer George Perceval, 1923
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1761
Inscription on bottom "George Louis le Clerc, Comte de Buffon, Intendant du Jardin du Roy, et des Academies Francae et des Sciences et de celles de Londres d'Edimbourg et de Berlin" and "Drouais Pinxit 1761" and "C. Baron Sculp. Et Mr Drouais direxit".
Accession number: P.13997-R
Primary reference Number: 205740
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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