Portrait of Jean de la Fontaine, from "Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon Avec la Poème d'Adonis"
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Jean de la Fontaine, from "Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon Avec la Poème d'Adonis"
- Series/Portfolio: Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon Avec la Poème d'Adonis
- Artist: Pierre Audouin (French, Paris 1768–1822 Paris)
- Artist: After Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, Perpignan 1659–1743 Paris)
- Sitter: Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
- Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
- Publisher: Didot, le Jeune , Paris
- Publisher: Chez Saugrain (French, 18th century)
- Date: published in 1795
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/16 in. (35.5 × 25.8 cm)
Plate: 10 9/16 × 6 15/16 in. (26.8 × 17.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.2641-6(a)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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published in 1795
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1800
Multiple artists/makers
1800–22
Pierre Audouin
Pierre Audouin
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
1799
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