Gray Collection.

A selection from the collection of engraved portraits by the great French metal engravers of the seventeenth century is now on exhibition on the east and south walls of the print room in the Fogg Museum.

These prints are fine examples of pure graver work on metal of a period when the more artificial methods of engraving had not come into vogue. They are the works of men who were themselves artists, and many of them are the original designs of the respective engravers. They are strong portraits, full of character, and are comparable in merit to the best portrait art of the Venetian and Flemish masters. Among the names of artists represented are: Drevet, Nauteuil, Duchange, Masson, and Morin.