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Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
1762-1833
[Man and angel ascending among clouds]
[Tournay : s.n., 1825]
lithograph
sheet: 288 x 470 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2582
Notes
Lithograph published in an album of lithographic plates by Hennequin entitled: Recueil d'esquisses et de fragmens de compositions, tirés du portefeuille de Mr. Hennequin, peintre d'histoire, contenant un choix de sujets dans le style grec, romain et moderne lythographiés par lui (Tournay : Chez Payen-Allard : De l'imprimerie de Ch. Casterman-Dieu, 1825).
Signed within the stone at lower left: Hennequin; at lower right: Composé et lithé. par l'Auteur.
Signed within the stone at lower left: Hennequin; at lower right: Composé et lithé. par l'Auteur.
Inscriptions/Markings
Blind stamp with the artist's monogram at lower right.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a bearded man draped in an antique manner ascending aloft among clouds in the company of an angel who flies directly below him.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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