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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9145
People
Jean Baptiste Simonet, French (1742-1813)
After Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot, French (Paris 1699 - 1773 Paris)
Title
Scene from Voltaire's "Le Fanatisme"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Voltaire, Oeuvres, "Le Fanatisme", Act IV, Scene 4
Original Language Title: Palmire, quel objet vient Effrayer ma vue?
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1771
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/57781

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
design: 18.6 x 13.2 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: J.B. Simonet Sculpsit

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9145
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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