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Mirabeau arrive aux Champs-Élisées

1792

Louis-Joseph Masquelier after Jean-Michel Moreau

Associated Names

Louis-Joseph Masquelier

Artist, French, 1741 - 1811

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

Artist After, French, 1741 - 1814

This is a drawing featuring a gathering of historical figures in a wooded landscape. The image shows various historical figures in a clearing surrounded by trees. A central figure gestures towards another figure on a small boat to the right. A cherub flies in the sky above holding a banner with the inscription "LA FRANCE LIBRE" ("Free France"). The ground is covered with scrolls and papers, and in the background, other figures observe the scene. The foliage and expressions of the figures suggest a historical or allegorical narrative.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1946.11.114
Catalogue Raisonné

Bocher 1882, no. 271, State vi-vii/viii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, circulated by the American Federation of Arts to 11 venues (California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; Museum of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN; and Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN), 1950-1952, no cat.

1960

Graphic Masterpieces of 500 Years from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, 1960, no. 39.

Bibliography

1882

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

Wikidata ID

Q65080668

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