Oeuvres de Jean Racine
This is the first volume of Didot's three-volume The Works of Racine. It inaugurated the third part of his suite of luxury volumes known as the "Louvre editions." Along with the first installment in the project, The Works of Virgil (1798), it features full-page illustrations instead of headpieces. The illustrations were designed by six painters and two sculptors, and engraved by a host of printmakers. Each play was illustrated wholly by one artist, so that a continuity of style and interpretation was established within each unit of the book. This consistency was not extended to the printmakers, however, which perhaps resulted in more variation than Didot had intended for the images.
Artwork Details
- Title: Oeuvres de Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine (French, baptized 1639–1699 Paris)
- Illustrator: Pierre Paul Prud'hon (French, Cluny 1758–1823 Paris)
- Illustrator: Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, Paris 1746–1810 Paris)
- Illustrator: Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (French, Montargis 1767–1824 Paris)
- Illustrator: Taunai (French, active early 19th century)
- Illustrator: baron François Gérard (French, Rome 1770–1837 Paris)
- Illustrator: Antoine Denis Chaudet (French, Paris 1763–1810 Paris)
- Engraver: Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
- Publisher: Pierre Didot l'ainé (French, 1761–1853)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1801
- Medium: Printed book with engraved illustrations
- Dimensions: Overall: 19 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (50 x 35 x 7 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and The Elisha Whittelsey Funds; and Gift of John Sise, by exchange, 1958
- Object Number: 58.635.1(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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