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Grand portrait de La Voisin [Large portrait of Catherine Monvoisin, called La Voisin]
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Antoine Coypel
(Paris, France, 1661–1722)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1680
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 15 15/16 × 11 3/8 in. (40.5 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1989.4
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1989.4
On View
Not on viewLa Voisin was the most famous clairvoyant, prognosticator, and witch of her time. She apparently provided Louis XIV himself with "love powders," but was then accused of attempting to poison him and was burned at the stake in 1680.
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