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Portrait of Michel Richard de Lalande in an Architectural Frame with Musical InstrumentsSimon Thomas

Portrait of Michel Richard de Lalande in an Architectural Frame with Musical Instruments
Simon Thomassin (French; 1654–1733) after the painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre (French; 1651–1717)
1726
Engraving
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Frontispiece to: Œuvres de Monsieur de Lalande

Inscribed in the cartouche:
Mortels, C’est de ce beau Délire
Que sontnez parmy vous ces accords si touchants,
Á deux Divinitez Lalande doit ses Chants.
Appollon le forma, C’est Louis que l’inspire.


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