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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M8989
People
Jean Louis Delignon, French (1755 - 1804)
After Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune, French (Paris 1741 - 1814 Paris)
Title
And so I covered him with my body, to deflect the blows aimed at him.
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Je le couvris ainsi de mon corps, recevant les coups qui lui étoient portés
Series/Book Title: Illustration from J.J. Rousseau's Confessions
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/272566

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 10.5 × 7 cm (4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 16.6 × 9.7 cm (6 9/16 × 3 13/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. VI, no. 161, p. 274

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M8989
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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