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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.305
People
Jean Baptiste Lucien, French (Paris 1748 - 1806 Paris)
After Jean Louis Charles Pauquet, French (Paris 1759 - c. 1824)
After Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French (Paris 1746 - 1810 Paris)
Title
Homage to the Second Legislature
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hommage à la Deuxième Législature, Premier Bas-Relief placé sur l’Arc de Triomphe Elevé au Champ de Mars.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1790
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367264

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and engraving on silk
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
17.5 × 36.4 cm (6 7/8 × 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top, in plate, above image: Les Dàmes françaises, à limitation des Romaines, viennet faire le Sacrifice de leurs Bijoux. A coté d'elles est l'Abondance qui doit reanitre de pareils Sacrifices. La Renommée devance le Charde la Lpoi, trainé par des lions pour désigner la force.
  • inscription: bottom, in plate, below image: HOMMAGE A LE DEUXIÈME LÉGISLATURE / Premier Basrelief, placé sur l'Arc de Triomphe Elevé au Champ de Mars, / Pour la Fédération Générale des Français, Célébrée à Paris le 14 Julliet 1790. / Présenté par Joubert.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Unidentified French dealer], sold; to [Hill-Stone, South Dartmouth, MA, October 2019], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.305
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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