Portraits des grands hommes ... (volume I), published 1792

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series Title

(1 of 4 volumes, 1942.9.1826-1829)

Medium

1 vol: ill: color aquatints and etchings by and after various artists, many of which are by Sergent

Dimensions

Overall (portrait: oval): 14.9 x 13 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
plate: 24.5 x 16.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
overall (scene: outer framing line): 11.8 x 14.2 cm (4 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
plate: 24.6 x 16.5 cm (9 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.1826

Artists / Makers

Various Artists (artist)

Antoine-François Sergent (artist) French, 1751 - 1847

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Exhibition History

2003: Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 76, as Hermann-Maurice, Comte de Saxe, 1787, AND Fontenelle méditant sur la pluralité des mondes (Fontenelle Meditat...

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.951.