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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
2000,0521.96
Description
Louis XVI, extending his hands towards his people below (who are being offered cornucopia by Peace), looks towards Minerva and Spirit of the Bourbons who hold portrait of Henri IV; with figures of Justice and Charity visible behind King; later state with inscription in margin and border added of frontispiece to Fénelon's 'Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse' (Bruxelles [Paris]: Drouet, 1776). 1775 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Charles Nicolas Cochin fils
Print made by:
Noël Le Mire
School/style
French
Production date
1775
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
161 millimetres
Width:
93 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This state is unrecorded in Hédou. See 2000,0521.94 for comment.
Bibliographic references
Hédou 1875 / Noël Le Mire et son oeuvre
(405)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(434)
Michel 1987 / Charles Nicolas Cochin et le livre illustré au XVIII siècle, avec un catalogue raisonné des livres illustrés par Cochin 1735-1790
(160.a)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Henri IV, King of France and Navarre
Representation of:
Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre
Illustration to:
François Fénélon
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Arsène Bonafous-Murat
Funder name
Funded by:
Arcana Foundation
Acquisition date
2000
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2000,0521.96