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Source Description
This print demonstrates particular attention to accurately recording the cameo on which it is based: a double portrait of Louis, prince of France, and his wife, Marie-Josèphe de Saxe. Diagrams indicate not only the circumference and mineralogical type of the stone, but also its thickness. However, the etched translation of the image goes beyond faithful transcription: note, for example, how the print harnesses the tonal possibilities of ink to soften and slacken the marine creature’s gills.
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Document identity
localId
95511
label
Portraits of Monseigneur le Dauphin and of Madame la Dauphine, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
95511
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Portraits of Monseigneur le Dauphin and of Madame la Dauphine, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
description
This print demonstrates particular attention to accurately recording the cameo on which it is based: a double portrait of Louis, prince of France, and his wife, Marie-Josèphe de Saxe. Diagrams indicate not only the circumference and mineralogical type of the stone, but also its thickness. However, the etched translation of the image goes beyond faithful transcription: note, for example, how the print harnesses the tonal possibilities of ink to soften and slacken the marine creature’s gills.
provenance
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, ca. 1755. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1895; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1758
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
rare books
etchings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37
height
23.8
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 14 9/16 × W: 9 3/8 in. (37 × 23.8 cm)
Source extras
med
ink on paper (etched and engraved)
creator_ids
20397
2724
5152
collection_ids
MSS
EAN
exhibition_ids
3390
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
3cc0a8c8587bb618