print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.7583
- Description
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Allegorical composition with, in the foreground, at left, Time drawing a curtain and, at right, Truth indicating the figures standing in the middleground to History, who is writing in a book; in the middleground, a Black woman standing beside an elephant, and two figures in Oriental costume standing in front of a camel; in the top part, Fame blowing her trumpet; illustration to 'Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales', French translation, 2 volumes (Amsterdam: 1718). 1711/18
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1711-1718
- Dimensions
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Height: 291 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 175 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Occidentales (1718)
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.7583