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1696

French 17th Century and Melchisedech Thevenot (author)

Associated Names
French 17th Century

Artist

Melchisedech Thevenot

Author, French, 1620 - 1692

The image shows a man swimming in the water. He is in mid-stroke with his body above the surface. His body is horizontal, with one arm stretched forward and the other raised, while one leg is bent at the knee and lifted out of the water. The man's facial features are slightly visible with curly hair. He appears to be unclothed. The background consists of intricately drawn lines representing the rippling surface of the water, with numbers "24" and "XVII" appearing in the top left and right corners. The scene is a line drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Bound volume with 35 etched and engraved illustrations

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 14.3 x 7.6 cm (5 5/8 x 3 in.)
    book: 14.6 x 8.3 x 1.6 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.134.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

A. Louniou (collector's mark on title page in oval, Lugt undescribed); Donald and Mary Hyde (bookplate inside front cover); (Maggs Brothers, Continental books, cat 1362, 12 October, 2004, no. 169); Purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 77 b.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hofer, Philip. Baroque Book Illustration. Cambridge, 1970: 56.

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