La Fontaine de la Régénération sur les débris de la Bastille, le 10 Aout 1793

1796

Antoine-Jean Duclos after Charles Monnet

Associated Names
Antoine-Jean Duclos

Artist, French, 1742 - 1795

Charles Monnet

Artist After, French, 1732 - after 1808

This is a drawing of a large gathering in front of a statue. The composition features a multitude of figures gathered around a raised platform supporting a prominent statue. The statue represents a seated figure. Surrounding the statue, numerous trees contribute to the setting. Architectural elements in the background suggest a historical or cultural location for the event depicted. The foreground is densely populated with figures in various poses, indicating dynamic movement and engagement with the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.5 × 51.5 cm (14 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6252

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 29

  • Series Title

    Principales Journées de la Révolution [plate 9]

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1998

  • Farewell to the Wet Nurse: Etienne Aubry and Images of Breast-feeding in Eighteenth-Century France, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 1998-1999, no. 13.

Bibliography

1880

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Dessiné Par Monnet; in plate, below image, at right:
gravé a l'eau forte par A. J. Duclos L'an 3me de la R. F.

Wikidata ID

Q65018941

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