Guillaume Thomas Raynal

1780

Nicolas Delaunay after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Associated Names
Nicolas Delaunay

Artist, French, 1739 - 1792

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist After, French, 1715 - 1790

The image depicts a bust of a person sitting in a side-profile position. They have a strong, angular face with prominent cheekbones and a slightly furrowed brow. The person wears a turban or head wrap, a robe, and holds a quill. Behind them are large books, a sculptured ornament, and small statues on a shelf. The background is lined and dark, and at the bottom, there is a detailed decorative panel with a classical scene and the name "GUILLAUME THOMAS RAYNAL" inscribed along the border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.56.6

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

below image, across bottom in plate: Dessine par C.N. Cochin,Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, Secretaire Perpetuel de l'Academie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture. 1780. Gr ave par N. De Launay, de la meme Academie, Membre de celle des beaux-Arts de Dannemarck.; aBp//: Au D efenseur de l'Humanite, de la Verite, de la Liberte, ELIZA DRAPER.; aCp//: GUILLAUME THOMAS RAYNAL.

Wikidata ID

Q74885107

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