La Reine annonçant à Mme Bellegarde, des Juges, et la liberté de son mari en mai 1777

1779

Antoine-Jean Duclos after vicomte Charles Henri Desfosses

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

vicomte Charles Henri Desfosses

Artist After, French, 1764 - c. 1809

The image depicts a group of people gathered in an opulent interior. The individuals are dressed in elaborate 18th-century fashion, featuring women with ornate wigs, dresses, and men in fancy suits. Some people hold fans or wear hats. The setting includes large arched windows, classical sculptures, candlesticks, and decorative architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 35.9 × 48 cm (14 1/8 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF 160; Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Inscriptions

recto: none; verso: at bottom left, in graphite: K14 [circled] / Fr. 137

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q64953818

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