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Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,1012.5144
Title
Object:
Réception de Voltaire aux Champs Elisées par Henri Quatre
Description
Voltaire, surrounded by Spirits carrying various attributes, is bowing before Henri IV who is welcoming him in Elisium; in the background, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Peter, Corneille and Molière; on the left, a rivergod sleeping on the left; coat of arms of Catherine II in lower margin. c.1778 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles François Adrien Macret
After:
Louis François Sébastien Fauvel
Published by:
Charles François Adrien Macret
Published by:
De Monchanin
School/style
French
Production date
1778-1783
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
317 millimetres
Width:
366 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published by Macret himself, and a pair to his reception of Rousseau in the Champs-Elysées, 1889,0318.11. For another impression, see 1873,0809.613.
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(4188)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
Associated names
Representation of:
Voltaire
Representation of:
Henri IV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Louis XV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia
Representation of:
Pierre Corneille
Representation of:
Molière
Associated with:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Associated events
Associated Event:
Death of Voltaire 1778
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edward Daniell
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,1012.5144