Object details

Accession number

ARC.007664

Object Case

Royal Autograph Case

Language

French

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles F. Libbie Co., Boston for $4.50 on 19 April 1890, lot 2730.

Marks

Inscribed in ink (recto, upper left corner): portef xxxi no 16A.
Inscribed in ink (recto, upper left corner): Sommation signée par Francois I aux habitans d'une des villes de Bresse.
Inscribed in ink (recto, upper center): Bresse
Inscribed in ink (recto, center): Francoys
Inscribed in ink (recto, lower right): J.l. Breton
Inscribed in ink (verso, center left): [S]ommaroy. / Signuor de la [man] Savoy / frautour [smuix] / aux hauts d'[buer der] / villes de Bresse

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