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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.175.5
People
Robert Bénard, French (Paris born 1734)
After Jacques-Raymond Lucotte, French (1733 - 1804)
Author: Denis Diderot, French (Langres, France 1713 - 1784 Paris, France)
Title
Goldsmiths' and Metalsmiths' Tools
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Orfèvre Bijoutier, outils
Series/Book Title: Orfèvre-Bijoutier, plate 5
Series/Book Title: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, Volume 8
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1771
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358184

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 35.5 × 22.8 cm (14 × 9 in.)
sheet: 39.2 × 25.8 cm (15 7/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Lucotte Del.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Benard Fecit.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Orfèvre Bijoutier, outils.
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: Pl. V.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Henry Sotheran Limited, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.175.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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