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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.11
People
Jean Baptiste de Grateloup, French (1735 - 1817)
After Jacques-Antoine Dassier, Swiss (Geneva 1715-1759 Copenhagen)
Title
Montesquieu
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1768
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/354741

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and aquatint
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 11 × 7.4 cm (4 5/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
sheet: 15.2 × 11.6 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image, center: MONTESQVIEV.
  • inscription: in plate, below image, right: J. B. Grateloup
  • inscription: in plate, below image, left: Dassier I.
  • inscription: sheet, lower center, graphite: F.7
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: F. 470

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Dealer, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA, circa 2010], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. X, cat. no. 6, p. 458; Faucheux 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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