Desaix

1798

Pierre-Charles Coqueret, after Hilaire Le Dru

Associated Names
Pierre-Charles Coqueret

Artist, French, 1761 - 1832

Hilaire Le Dru

Artist After, French, 1769 - 1840

The image shows a man standing in rough waters, appearing to step from a boat onto a rocky shore. The man has shoulder-length, curly light-colored hair and is dressed in a dark robe with embroidery, a sash, and knee-high boots. He holds a large sword by his side. In the background, stormy skies with lightning, ships, and crashing waves are depicted.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 57 × 40.2 cm (22 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 65 × 46.7 cm (25 9/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.170.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrew Edmunds, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977: undesc.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Dessiné par hilaire le dru; lower right in plate: Gravé par Coqueret 1798; lower cetner in plate: DESAIX.

Wikidata ID

Q77005337

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