Burning Glass
c. 1774
François-Philippe Charpentier
Artist, French, 1734 - 1817
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.3 × 34.7 cm (8 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2023.122.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
IFF (1700): no. 78
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Esotericana, Dover, NH); purchased in November 2020 by Rena Hoisington; gift to NGA, 2023.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1930
IFF (1700): no. 78 (as "Instrument d'optique")
Inscriptions
in plate, in image, at lower left: F. P. Charpentier fecit