René Descartes

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 19.4 x 13.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.208.39


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: C.H.Sc.; lower right in plate: ARISTOTLEs / RENATUS DESCARTES, NOBIL, GALL, PERRONI DOM, SUMMUS MATHEM, ET PHILOS.; by later hand on mount, lower right in graphite: "C.H. Sc."

Wikidata ID

Q75120771


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