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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0811.887
Title: Object: Christian Gabriel Allegrain, sculptor du Roi, recteur en son Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture
Description: Portrait of the French sculptor Christian Gabriel Allegrain, three-quarter length, seated directed to left and looking towards the viewer, holding a chisel, legs of a statue in the background; after Duplessis. 1787 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Ignaz Sebastian Klauber; After: Joseph Siffred Duplessis
School/style: German; French
Production date: 1787
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 392 millimetres; Width: 294 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For a state before lettering with sitter's title see 1889,0603.72.
Bibliographic references: Apell 1880 / Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexikon der vorzuglichsten Kupferstecher des 19 Jahrhunderts (10); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (4)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rev John Burleigh James (Lugt 1425); Purchased through: Sotheby's (sale March - May 1877/2797); Purchased through: Goupil
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0811.887

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