Gravure en Taille Douce: pl. II, 1771/1779

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volume Title

Diderot and d'Alembert, [Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers] "Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences et les Arts" (vol. 4)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 x 22.2 cm (13 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

sheet: 40.2 x 26.3 cm (15 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1996.20.3

Artists / Makers

Antonio Baratta (artist) Italian, 1724 - 1787

Denis Diderot (editor) French, 1713 - 1784

Benoît-Louis Prévost (artist after) French, c. 1735 - 1804

A.-J. de Fehrt (artist after) French, 1723 - 1774

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: AB. s.; lower center in plate: Gravure en Taille Douce.; lower left in plate: 154.; upper right in plate: Pl. II.

Provenance

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd., New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.