Jean-Charles-Philibert Trudaine

1774

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist After, French, 1715 - 1790

The image is an engraved portrait of a man in profile view, facing left. The man has distinctive facial features, including a prominent nose and chin, and elaborately styled hair typical of the 18th century. He is dressed in formal attire, with a coat and lace collar. The portrait is in an oval frame with a decorative bow at the top. The background has intricate cross-hatching. The text below the frame reads "J. CH. PH. TRUDAINE."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.3 x 13.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.8 x 14.9 cm (8 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.84.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 256, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1879

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

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: JN. CHLES. PHBERT. TRUDAINE.; lower left in plate: C.N. Cochin del.; lower right in plate: Aug. de St.Aubin Sculp.1774.; upper left in plate: 3e.[illegible]; the following all by later hand, lR //in graphite: 1733+1777 / Bo 256/II; lR //: RBX; lCv//in graphite: EB 256. ; lRv//in graph ite: 142 / Mudain [?]De Montigny. ne / a Clermont.

Wikidata ID

Q74884507

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