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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1898,0527.13
Title: Object: Jean Paul Marat, médecin, savant, politique
Description: Portrait of Jean Paul Marat, bust-length, in profile to the right, hair tied in a queue; within circle; a late impression of a plate originally engraved c.1793; before designer's name Etching and aquatint, on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: Gilles Louis Chrétien; After: Louis Pierre Deseine; Intermediary draughtsman: Jean Fouquet; Printed by: Eudes
School/style: French
Production date: 1793 (first engraved)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 180 millimetres; Width: 130 millimetres
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Curator's comments: A late impression of 1898,0527.10, published in the late 19th century. The circle has been slightly reduced in size. For earlier state see 1898,0527.11; for later state see 1898,0527.14.
Bibliographic references: Chevremont 1876 / Marat - index du bibliophile et de l'amateur de peintures, gravures, etc (undescribed); De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique. (undescribed); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (507)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Jean Paul Marat
Acquisition name: Donated by: François Chevremont
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1898,0527.13

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