Description De Ce Qui A Été Pratiqué Pour Fondre en Bronze D'un Seul Jet La Figure Equestre de Louis XIV, Elevée Dans La Place de Louis Le Grand En Mil Six Cens Quatre-Vingt-Dix-Neuf

published 1743

Jacques-François Blondel

Artist, French, 1705 - 1774

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist, French, 1715 - 1790

Pierre François Tardieu

Artist, French, 1711 - 1771

Gabriel Germain Boffrand

Author, French, 1667 - 1754

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2nd of 2 works bound in 1 vol: ill: woodcut vignette on title page, etched head-piece on dedication by Charles Nicolas Cochin II after François Boucher, various head- and tail-pieces plus 21 etching and engravings (9 double-page, 3 folding, restfull-page, versos blank) by Pierre François Tardieu after Nicolas Lesueur (2), Jacques-François Blondel (15), Tardieu (4)

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 43.5 x 29.3 cm (17 1/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 44.2 x 30.8 x 5.8 cm (17 3/8 x 12 1/8 x 2 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.61.416.b

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Associated Artworks

Livre d'Architecture Contenant les Principes Generaux de cet Art, et les Plans, Elevations et Profils de Quelques-uns des Batiments Faits en France & dans les Pays Etrangers...

François Lucas, Jacques-François Blondel, Pierre François Tardieu, Pierre-Edme Babel, Pierre Moreau, Jean-Laurent Legeay, Antoine Herisset, Gabriel Germain Boffrand

1745


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ownership inscription of J.G. Le Moine, 1750; ownership inscription of Dellezigne Chapelier, 1810; unknown ownership inscription, 1861; bookplate of Charles Frédéric Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

all by later hands, on first french title page, center in pen and brown ink: J.G. Le Moine 1750; on front flyleaf, across top in graphite: 1810. / Ce present livre appartien a / Dellezigne Chapelier / rue du Cabourg / No 41 A orleans; on front flyleaf, upper left verso in pen and black ink: acheta le 29 novembre 1861


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