Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A la Reine / Marie Antoinette.
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 10/Normal/18th c./Artists H-Le GA 2012.00256
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc73666h86x
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1724-1801
Extent
1 item ; sheet 34.5 x 25.4 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of J. D. Gordon, Princeton University Class of 1905.
References
Portalis-Beraldi, no. 43
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed in plate, below: 'A la Reine. // Le Portrait de sa Majeste est soutenu par la Bonte // et par la Tendresse les Graces l'ornent de fleurs // En bas est la France qui lui presente ses Enfants. // La Poesie et la Peinture s'empressent d'immortaliser ses Vertus.'
Signed in plate, lower left: "J.M. Moreau le ne del.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Grave par N. Le Mire Graveur de Iim Majestes Imper.les et R. les".
Depiction: Allegorical scene with bust portrait of Marie Antoinette at center.

Discovery Information

Subject
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793—Portraits
Queens—France—18th century—Portraits
Portraits, French—18th century
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793—Family—Portraits
Symbolism in art
Portraits

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5a2b0f3a-83c1-425b-b233-8fc1ebea9418/manifest