Couronnement de Voltaire (The Crowning of Voltaire)

1782

Charles-Etienne Gaucher after Jean-Michel Moreau

Associated Names
Charles-Etienne Gaucher

Artist, French, 1741 - 1804

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

Artist After, French, 1741 - 1814

This is a drawing of an architectural scene with columns and arches, high ceilings, tiered balconies, and figures engaged in various activities. The drawing features ornate balconies, a central elevated platform beneath a large stone archway, and intricate engravings. The background shows additional arches and structures typical of classical architectural design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 216 × 267 cm (85 1/16 × 105 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2441

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1882, no. 261, State a, iii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1882

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: J. M. Moreau del.; in plate, below image, at center: Avec Privilege du Roi; in plate, below image, at right: C.S. Gaucher Inc.; verso: at lower right, in graphite: K304 [circled] / Fr 377

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q64954415

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