François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, before 1778

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Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.6 x 13.7 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

sheet: 20.2 x 14.3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Catalogue Raisonné

Bocher 1879, no. 265, State iv/iv

Accession Number

1987.70.17

Artists / Makers

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (artist) French, 1736 - 1807

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II (artist after) French, 1704 - 1778

Image Use

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Inscription

across bottom in plate below medallion: FRANCOIS MARIE / AROUET, DE VOLTAIRE. / Ne a Paris le 21. Novembre 1694.; across bottom in plate below frame: Grave par Aug.St.Aubin d'apres le b uste fait par J. B. Lemoyne. / Se Vend a Paris Chez Joulain Quai de la Megisserie.

Bibliography

1879: Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1879.