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Self-portrait of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier

Print
ca.1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Beauvais, Nicolas Dauphin De (engraver)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (artist)
Huquier, Gabriel (publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Self portrait of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier. Head and shoulders, facing right, within an oval border with letters, and flanked by scrolls upon which rest a globe and books


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSelf-portrait of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Self portrait of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', engraved by Nicolas Dauphin de Beauvais; published by Huquier, Paris, ca.1745.
Physical description
Self portrait of Juste Aurèle Meissonnier. Head and shoulders, facing right, within an oval border with letters, and flanked by scrolls upon which rest a globe and books
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm
  • Width: 27.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
'Architecturam Universam Libris IV Tractavit. J. A. Meissonnier ad vivum del. N. D. de Beauvais perfecit. A Paris ches Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R. ' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Object history
From 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', a volume of engravings after the works of the French designer, architect and goldsmith, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750). These were issued in three editions between1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher; these were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734.
Subject depicted
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Donnell, Edna. Juste Surele Meissonnier and the Rococo Style. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Dec, 1941, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 254-260
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.145-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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