Portrait of Cardinal de Polignac
François Chéreau, the elderWW-1729-008450
1729·Engraving on ivory laid paper·Image: 47.1 × 33.9 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 47.6 × 34.5 cm (18 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1729
- Dimensions
- Image: 47.1 × 33.9 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 47.6 × 34.5 cm (18 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
François Chéreau, the elder
Printmaking
François Chéreau the Elder was a French engraver and printmaker active in the early eighteenth century. Working primarily in etching and engraving, he produced religious and historical compositions characteristic of the French academic tradition. Based in Paris, he contributed to the dissemination of contemporary artistic practice through reproductive prints.
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- 1729
- Dimensions
- Image: 47.1 × 33.9 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 47.6 × 34.5 cm (18 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1729-008450
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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