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Portrait of Laurent Cars, from "Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)"

Sitter Laurent Cars French
1768
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Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Laurent Cars, from "Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)"
  • Series/Portfolio: Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)
  • Artist: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
  • Artist: After Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
  • Sitter: Laurent Cars (French, Lyons 1699–1771 Paris)
  • Date: 1768
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)
    Plate: 8 x 5 7/16 in. (20.3 x 13.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.24(8)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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