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Jean César Macret
1768-182
Réception de Voltaire aux Champs Elisées par Henri quatre / / dessiné par L. Fauvel ; gravé par C. Macret.
Published
[A Paris] : Chez l'auteur, Rue du petit Bourbon la 1ere porte cochere en entrant par celle de Tournon ; Rue St Louis du Palais, chez Mr De Monchanin, [1780]
etching and engraving
image: 234 x 325 mm; plate mark: 316 x 366 mm; sheet: 389 x 506 mm
Peel 2585
Notes
Etched and engraved by Jean César Macret after a painting by Louis François Sébastien Fauvel.
Date suggested by a notice signed by Macret informing the public of the publication of the print which appeared in the Journal de Paris, August 5, 1780, page 886-887.
This state lacks the dedication to Catherine II of Russia, and the inscription in French describing the scene, present on other impressions of the print.
Date suggested by a notice signed by Macret informing the public of the publication of the print which appeared in the Journal de Paris, August 5, 1780, page 886-887.
This state lacks the dedication to Catherine II of Russia, and the inscription in French describing the scene, present on other impressions of the print.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Voltaire, surrounded by Spirits carrying various attributes, is bowing before Henri IV who is welcoming him in Elisium; in the background, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Peter, Corneille and Molière; on the left, a rivergod sleeping on the left; coat of arms of Catherine II in lower margin. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Fauvel, Louis François Sébastien, 1753-1838, artist.
Monchanin, de, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Monchanin, de, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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