Raymond Poisson, creator of the role of Crispin - Gole after T. Netscher
Date :
1690
Date uncertain
Type of image :
Mezzotinte
Manière noire
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
26.3x18.4 cm; bowl: 25.4x17.4 cm
Topic :
Storage Location :
INV.GRAV.LP 33.115.2
Signed work
Legend
Description
It is likely that the portrait was executed after the actor's death on May 9, 1690, the accompanying verses resembling an epitaph.
Raymond Poisson, known as Belleroche, was an actor at the Hôtel de Bourgogne from 1660 to 1685. From 1680, the troupe at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and that at the Hôtel de Guénégaud, led by Molière, were merged by royal decree, giving rise to the Comédie française. The hall at the Hôtel de Bourgogne was then given over to Italian comedy.
History :
- Signed below the engraving legend on the left "T. Netscher Pinx:", right "J. Gole fec: et exc. Amst: cum Privil." (in Amsterdam with privilege).
Legend:
The Painter and the Engraver have given us in this Portrait
Du celebre CRISPIN la ressemblance
Il vit, Il va parler, mais est il aucun trait
Qui pust de ses talens nous peindre l'excellance
Added by hand: "Poisson, (Raimond) Comedien, né à Paris | † 1690"
Technical Data
Notice #024971
