Commentaire sur la Henriade

1775

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Clément-Pierre Marillier

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

Clément-Pierre Marillier

Artist After, French, 1740 - 1808

The image shows a title page of a book with three bust-like portraits in ornate frames. The central figure is in profile with styled hair, set in an oval frame with laurel leaves and ribbons and held by two cherubs. Flanking him are two other figures also in profile with styled hair. Below the portraits is a block of text with the title and publication information in French and Latin for "La Henriade" in Berlin, 1775. Below the text is an emblem with theatrical masks and foliage. The scene is surrounded by intricate lines and patterns accentuating the historical and scholarly theme of the title page.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving over etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21.4 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.70.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 269, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1879

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1879.

Inscriptions

center in plate: COMMENTAIRE / SUR / LA HENRIADE / (7-line inscription) / 1775.; lower left in plate: C. P. Marillier orta del.; lower center in plate below frame: A.d.st.A.f.

Wikidata ID

Q74877418

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