book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 1957,0613.129-163
Description: "Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après des peintures antiques, italiennes, etc. par Auguste Boucher Desnoyers [...] ou exécutées sous sa direction d'après les dessins qu'il a faits en Italie, dans les anées 1818 et 1819" (Paris, Didot) 1821; containing 33 numbered prints engraved by or under the direction of Desnoyers after drawings made by him in Italy after paintings or details of paintings and antique sculptures, together with a portrait of the Comte Siméon. Bound in green at the BM bindery with letterpress titlepage, half-title, dedication and description of the plates. Etching and engraving; crayon manner; aquatint
Producer name: Print made by: Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers; After: Raphael; Print made by: Jean Louis Potrelle; Print made by: Adrien Godefroy (with Aubert); After: Correggio; Print made by: François Jacques Dequevauviller; Print made by: Alexis François Girard (?); Print made by: Massol; Print made by: Claude François Fortier (?); After: Leonardo da Vinci; After: Lancelot Théodore Turpin de Crissé; Print made by: Claude Niquet (? with Beaugean); Print made by: Pierre Charles Coqueret (with A. Godefroy (aquatint plate no. 34))
School/style: French; Italian
Production date: 1821
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; crayon-manner; aquatint; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 558 millimetres; Width: 395 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
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Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1857
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1957,0613.129-163

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