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A rectangular print on off-white paper, printed in black. The top third of the work shows a workshop with workers and the bottom two-thirds displays several vessels.

A rectangular print on off-white paper, printed in black. The top third of the page shows a workshop with men working on various stages of metalsmithing. The bottom two-thirds shows examples of objects made in a silver workshop, including pitchers and a bell.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.174.1
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' Works
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Orfvère Grossier, Ouvrages
Series/Book Title: Orfèvre Grossier, plate 1
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/358620

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 39.3 × 25.8 cm (15 1/2 × 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Lucotte del.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Benard Fecit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Orfèvre Grossier, ouvrages
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: Pl. I.

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
2017.174.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2022 - 05/01/2023

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