La Méditation, 1766

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Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 34.29 × 39.37 cm (13 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

sheet: 44.13 × 54.93 cm (17 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell

Accession Number

2017.125.4

Artists / Makers

René Gaillard (artist) French, c. 1719 - 1790

Johann Eleazar Schenau (artist after) German, 1737 - 1806

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Schenau pinx; lower center in plate: La Méditation. / [in smaller text] A Paris chez l'Auteur rue S. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins, entre un Perruquier, et une Lingere.; lower right in plate: R. Gaillard Sculp.

Provenance

David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

McDonnell, David H.