M. David Hume

1764

Simon Charles Miger after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Associated Names
Simon Charles Miger

Artist, French, 1736 - 1820

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist After, French, 1715 - 1790

The image is an engraved portrait of a man's side profile, showing his head, upper part of his neck, and shoulders. His facial features include a slightly pointed nose, a high forehead, and wavy hair styled back in an 18th-century fashion. He wears a high-collared garment typical of historical attire. The detailed portrait features no visible jewelry or objects. The background has a textured surface and an ornate frame with a bow at the top. The portrait is identified as "M. DAVID HUME HISTORIEN CELEBRE."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [second state]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 x 14.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.56.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 60

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Inscriptions

below image, lower left in plate: Dessine par C.N. Cochin le fils; below image, lower right in plate: Grave par S.C.Miger en 1764.; across bottom in plate: M. DAVID HUME / HISTORIEN CELEBRE.; by later hand, lCv//in graphite: portraits dessine par Cochin 40-

Wikidata ID

Q74885077

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