La Méditation

1766

René Gaillard

Artist, French, c. 1719 - 1790

Johann Eleazar Schenau

Artist After, German, 1737 - 1806

René Gaillard, after Johann Eleazar Schenau

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.29 × 39.37 cm (13 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 44.13 × 54.93 cm (17 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.125.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Schenau pinx; lower center in plate: La Méditation. / [in smaller text] A Paris chez l'Auteur rue S. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins, entre un Perruquier, et une Lingere.; lower right in plate: R. Gaillard Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q77258766

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