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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)

Print
1773 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (engraver)
Sébastien Bourdon (artist)
Place of origin
France (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, looking slightly left, seated in an armchair.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Theatre
Object type
Print
TitleJean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière), engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet after Sébastien Bourdon, 1773.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, looking slightly left, seated in an armchair.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.5cm (cut)
  • Width: 33.3cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
French School
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Playwright
Dramatist
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Paris. É Bouillon, 1854-1908.
  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Graveurs de Portrait en France. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-9.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.79-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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