Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armans, from Tableaux historiques de la Révolution francaise, volume III
Medium
Engraving and stipple engraving on ivory China paper laid down with chine collé on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.8 × 17.7 cm (7 1/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 24.9 × 20.9 cm (9 13/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
136137
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Duplessi-Bertaux was a pupil of Joseph Marie Vien, an artist who made a number of engravings documenting the French Revolution and the travels of the Due de Choiseul. Levachez and his son were engravers, as well as successful merchants, who knew the taste of their public well. Duplessi-Bertaux and Vernet furnished many of their subjects.
About the Artist
Jean Duplessis-Bertaux · 1750–1818
Comment on works: Engraver; Painter; Military scenes; Historical scenes; prints with inscribed maker name "Duplessis Berthault" refer to Duplessis and his engraver Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, meaning both worked on the print as draftsman and engraver.