Couronnement de Voltaire: P.466-1949

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Couronnement de Voltaire

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gaucher, Charles Étienne
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Notes

History note: Eugène de Wassermann, Brussels; bt. Hermann Metter, 1920s; sold (Sotheby’s) 20-21 April 1959, lot 70, from a ‘portfolio’ of 31 proof impressions; bt. ‘Warren’ for £680; 24 of which purchased by the Fitzwilliam for £300.

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund, October 1949.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1949)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1782 : Described in the 'Mercure de France' in 1778, but not advertised for sale until 1782.

Note

Etched state, with the bust of Voltaire as a young man; one of the two figures at the lower left without his sash and decoration.

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: privilege

Text: A.P.D.R.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.466-1949
Primary reference Number: 184347
BN Inventaire (18thC): 154 I/III
Lawrence/Dighton: 59a
Mahérault: 393
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 February 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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