Nicholas Boileau

François Chereau I

Artist, French, 1680 - 1729

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.2 x 18.2 cm (10 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.7 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.23.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Firmin-Didot 1876, no. 242, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1876

  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Drevet (Pierre, Pierre-Imbert et Claude); catalogue raisonne de leur oeuvre. Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1876.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: H. Rigaud. P.; lower right in plate: F. Chereau. F.; lower center in plate: Boileau Sut remplacer Horace, / Sut il Sut remplacer et Perse et Juvenat; / Mais de cet auteur sa ns egal / Qui remplira jamais la place.

Wikidata ID

Q74887679

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