Album of Preliminary Drawings for Jean-François Marmontel's "Les Incas, ou la destruction de l'Empire du Pérou (The Incas, or the Destruction of the Empire of Peru)"
1770/1776
Artist, French, 1741 - 1814
Bookbinder
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 9 drawings in pen and black ink with brush and black or brown washes (one with collage) mounted on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 32 × 25.7 × 1.5 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/8 × 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.1203-1211
Associated Artworks
See all 9 artworksLa Religion protegeant l'Humanite Contre la Fanatisme
Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger
1770
Daigne agreer cette douce compagne, elle est sensible elle t'aimera
Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger
1770
Que fais tu? Ne sommes-nous pas freres? N'es-tu pas mon egal?
Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger
1770
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1912
Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col.690-691.