A blank cartouche held by a putto with compasses, lacking the portrait of the painter Jacques Rousseau. Line engraving by M. Aubert, 1752, after P. Villebois.
- Villebois, P., active approximately 1752.
- Date:
- [1752]
- Reference:
- 2952303i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
One print in a series of portraits of French painters. However Jacques Rousseau, as a Huguenot, left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) and fled to London, where he died. As a result, Aubert had no portrait of him to engrave, and therefore left the cartouche blank
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [De Bure aîné], [1752]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 12 x 8.8 cm
Lettering
Jacques Rousseau. P. Villebois delin. M. Aubert sc.
References note
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des estampes, tome premier, Paris 1931, pp. 200-203, no. 125
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2952303i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores