Comte de Buffon, 1798

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Medium

engraving over etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.1 x 14.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

sheet: 32.5 x 25.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Catalogue Raisonné

Bocher 1879, no. 31, State iii/iv

Accession Number

1986.88.20

Artists / Makers

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (artist) French, 1736 - 1807

Piat Joseph Sauvage (artist after) Flemish, 1744 - 1818

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference in plate bottom of medallion: Sauvage pinx.; lower center in plate on top scroll: HISTOIRE / NATURELLE; lower center in plate on bottom scroll: Theorie de la Terre.; lower center in plate below ledge: Nat uram ampleotitur omnem; lCp//below frame: A.S.[in monogram] fecit.

Provenance

Pierre Defer-Henri Dumesnil (Lugt 739)

Associated Names

O'Brien, John, Mr.

Bibliography

1879: Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1879.