Jean Jacques Rousseau

1791, published 1803

Pierre-Michel Alix after Jean-François Garnerey

Associated Names
Pierre-Michel Alix

Artist, French, 1762 - 1817

Jean-François Garnerey

Artist After, French, 1755 - 1837

The portrait depicts a man with prominent features and gray hair styled in a traditional 18th-century fashion. He is wearing a coat with a high collar and a visible neckcloth. The background is a plain dark oval within a larger rectangular area. The subject is identified as Jean Jacques Rousseau. The portrait is rendered in a soft sepia tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 35.7 × 27.2 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1955.4.16

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image: Peint par Garnerey An n-1803. Gravé par P. M. Alix. / Jean Jacques Rousseau; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: 1757d

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65364506

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