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Subject : 'Architecture, Cariatides '
Rare original etching of the Vatican Caryatids designed by Raphael
(a copy of legend sheet available on request)
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 40 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 36 x 23 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15.75 x 9.85 inch. The image size is ca. 14.17 x 9.05 inch.
Medium: Etching/engraving on a verge type hand laid paper with watermark, not visible on every sheet.
This plate is engraved by Robert Benard.
Condition: Excellent.
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Source: This old antique print
originates from: 'Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences,
des arts et des metiers, par une Societe de Gens de lettres.' which was
published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes
of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. In
1776-1777, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke and Jean-Baptiste-René Robinet
published a Supplement in 4 volumes of texts and 1 of plates.
This encyclopdia
was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a
means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightment. The impact of
this encyclopedia was enormous.
Direction and Engravers: Denis
Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer.
Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician,
mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are drawn by M. Belin (naval engineer) and engraved by Robert Benard .
Publishers and Printer : Briasson, rue Saint Jacques, a la Science- Paris, Le Breton -Premier Imprimeur du Roy, rue de la Harpe- Paris.
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