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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25827
People
Ascribed to Jean Barbault, French (Viarmes, Val d'Oise, France 1718 - 1762 Rome, Italy)
Title
The Triumph of Modern Art, or, Carnival of Jupiter Dedicated to Lovers of the Past
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Triomphe des Arts modernes, or, Carnaval de Jupiter dedié aux amateurs du X
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1760
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94980

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 19.3 × 34.1 cm (7 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Plate: 22.2 × 36.8 cm (8 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 23.9 × 38.2 cm (9 7/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: book held by uniformed figure behind the figure seated on the ass, printer's ink, etching: e piarh [or, if the h is backward] e piara [illegible, or at least unintelligible title on a book cover]
  • legend: tablet at the lower center, printer's ink, etching: Il y a envore de grands Artistes, mais la frivoloté, le luxe, les / modes font deegénerer les talens, et s'il n'arrive une heureuse revolution, le Dieu du goût ne sera plus, comme on le voir ici, qu'un histrion entouré d'un vil cortège.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. 10, p. 272, cat. no. I

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Print Department Discretionary Fund
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
M25827
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Kathryn Desplanque, "Repeat Offenders: Reprinting Visual Satire Across France's Long Eighteenth Century", Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review (2015), Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 17-26, pp. 17-20 [related bibliography, not Harvard impression]

Verification Level

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