Melpomene Presenting Marie-Antoinette with the Works of Metastasio, 1783

Not on View

series Title

Portraits of Marie-Antoinette [1942.9.1665-1698]

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within platemark): 23.4 × 16.7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bocher 1882, no. 35

Accession Number

1942.9.1686

Artists / Makers

Jean Jacques Le Veau (artist) French, 1729 - 1785

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger (artist after) French, 1741 - 1814

Image Use

This image is unavailable for download.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .
Contact us about image usage .

Inscription

recto: in plate, below image, from left to right: J. M. Moreau le jeune, Del. 1783 J.J. Le Veau, Sculp.; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: [indecipherable]; verso: none

Marks and Labels

none

Bibliography

1882: Bocher, Emmanuel. Jean Michel Moreau le jeune. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 6. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1882.