Pompe funèbre en l'honneur des Martyrs de la journée du 10, dans le Jardin National le 26 Aout 1792

1794

Antoine-Jean Duclos after Charles Monnet

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Charles Monnet

Artist After, French, 1732 - after 1808

The image shows a public gathering with a low horizon line near the bottom third of the composition. The horizon is marked by a grand architectural structure with domed towers. A crowd of people is gathered, dressed in period attire. They are focused towards a central event where smoke and a pyramid-shaped structure can be seen. The artwork features detailed line work with hatching and cross-hatching, typical of an engraving technique. The color palette is monochromatic, dominated by varying shades of black, white, and gray. Large, swirling clouds fill the sky above the gathering.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.5 × 49.4 cm (14 3/8 × 19 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6254

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 29

  • Series Title

    Principales Journées de la Révolution [plate 7]

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: in plate, below image, at left: Dessiné par Monnet; in plate, below image, at right: gravé a l'eau forte par . A. J. Duclos . En . 17 [94 added in graphite]

Wikidata ID

Q65018943

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