FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1750 PORTRAIT OF JACOBUS BRISSART, SECRETARY TO THE KING (1691-1753), A TROMPE-L'ŒIL IN THE WAY OF AN ENGRAVING Copper in grisaille French school ca 1750, Portrait of Jacobus Brissart, secretary of the King, a trompe-l'œil in the style of an engraving, copper in grisaille 20,5 x 15,5 CM - 8 x 6,1 IN. Provenance Anonymous sale, Paris, Christie's, 26 June 2002, no. 22. Jacques Brissart was Louis XV's fermier général and owner of the châteaux of Triel and Vaux sur Seine. The Brissarts' coat of arms is as shown: Argent, a tree Vert standing on a terrace Vert, with a stag passant Or surmounting the shaft of the tree.