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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.14
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jean Huber, Swiss (Geneva 1721 - 1786 Lausanne)
Title
Voltaire's Head in 33 Variations
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Différents airs en 33 têtes de Mr. de Voltaire, d'après les Tableaux de Mr. Huber
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1775-1780
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359941

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 21.7 × 17.9 cm (8 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
plate: 23.8 × 18.9 cm (9 3/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.1 × 21.2 cm (9 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Voltaire - d'apres Huber.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, purple ink: +B [encircled] [mark not in Lugt]
  • watermark: upper left, partial: [fleur-de-lis / arrow] / HBL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, France. [Auction Pieter Kiefer, Pforzheim, February 2016], sold; to [Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Portalis and Beraldi, Tome II, p. 437

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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