Title:
Aureol-Philippe Theophraste, Bombast dit Paracelse
Maker:
Fosseyeux, Jean Baptiste; printmaker; French printmaker, 1752-1824
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1784
School/Style:
French
Production
Note:
Illustration from vol 3 of 'Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques... de la Suisse', by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde.
Technique(s):
etching
engraving
Material(s):
black carbon ink; medium
laid paper; support
Dimension(s):
height, plate, 121, mm
width, plate, 90, mm
height, sheet, 121, mm
width, sheet, 91, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1991; Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Provenance:
Bought by Reitlinger from H Fawcet (inscription on verso)?
Notes:
Jean-Benjamin de Laborde, 'Tableaux topographiques, pittoresques... de la Suisse', 4 vols, Paris, de Clousier, 1780-86. Fossoyeux executed four portraits for volume IV.
Acquisition Credit:
Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Inscription(s):
number; plate upper centre; printed; 3.
title; image lower centre, on plaque; printed; AUREOL - PHILIPPE - THEOPHRASTE / BOMBAST DIT PARACELSE / Médecin, Chymiste, et Philosophe célébre; Né à Einsidlen, Cté. de Schweitz, en 1493. Mort à Salz - / bourg le 24. Septembre 1541.
signature; plate lower centre; printed; Fossoyeux Sculp.
inscription; verso; graphite; bt / H Fawcet 16. Aug (?) sle. (?)
Alternative
Number:
BN Inventaire (18thC); 7
Accession:
Object Number: P.2178-1991
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 95290; input: 2003-09-25; modified: 2003-09-25)
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Identifier:
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