L. Truchy
1731-1764
The painter / du Viviez pinx. ; Truchy sculp.
Published
[London?] : [publisher not specified], according to act of Parliament, Avril 22, 1746.
etching
image: 203 x 156 mm; plate mark: 233 x 170 mm; sheet: 240 x 177 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2642
Notes
Title from item.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A full-length Arcimboldesque image of an artist whose body is composed of artists' tools: his legs are formed form those of an easel, his torso is covered (formed by?) a pallette, a box filled with paint brushes form his hat. The figure walks in a park, a milestone on the left reads: IV Miles from Hyde Parck.
Associated names
Du Viviez, active 1746, artist.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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