print
- Museum number
- 2011,7059.23
- Description
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Allegory to Chevalier de Beau-Chaine, with in the upper part a throne room, with the King (?) sitting on the left, courtiers gathered in the background, and on the right a monument showing Hercules and an eagle amidst trophies of arms laid at the bottom of an obeslisk; below, a separate scene representing religious objects (the Tablets of the Law, the Ark of the Covenant, the Menorah, and an altar), a funeral stele and fragment of a relief scattered on a shore, with a man kneeling at far right; on the left, on top of a rock, a pelican feeding its chicks; Noah's Ark sailing in the distance. 1766
Etching
- Production date
- 1766
- Dimensions
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Height: 212 millimetres
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Width: 161 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- 'Chevalier de Beau-chaine' is likely to be the Chevalier de Beauchaine (or Beauchesne), active c.1747/70, and Master of the freemason Lodge 'La Constance'. The print features some Masonic symbols (see square and compasses on flags below the dedication).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2011,7059.23
