Jacques Pierre Brissot
Date unknown
Medium
Photolithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 20 × 15 cm (7 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 18 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.)
Classification
reproduction
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
274416
Art Historical Context
This photolithograph on paper by Johann Baptist Klauber presents a reproduction of a portrait titled Jacques Pierre Brissot. Measuring 20 × 15 cm for the image area, the work exemplifies the precision of photolithographic printing, a technique that merges photographic detail with lithographic reproduction to create affordable, high-fidelity copies of original artworks or likenesses. Classified as a reproduction in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Prints and Drawings department, it highlights how such prints historically extended access to important images beyond elite collections. Klauber’s cho...