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Ici repose Mirabeau, Qui fut le sauveur de la France. Le respect la reconnaissance, niennent gemir a ce tombeau. // [Here rests Mirabeau, who was the savior of France. Respect, recognition has come wailing at this tomb.].
1791
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 49/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A-J GA 2012.01088
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1791]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Symbolism in art
- Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de, 1749-1791—Portraits
- France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799—Portraits
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Personification in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Truth in art
- Fanaticism—France—History—18th century—In art
- Pantheeon (Paris, France)—In art
- France—History—18th century—In art
- Despotism—France—History—18th century—In art
- Marianne (French emblem) in art
- Liberty caps (Headgear) in art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Ici repose Mirabeau, Qui fut le sauveur de la France. Le respect la reconnaissance, niennent gemir a ce tombeau. // [Here rests Mirabeau, who was the savior of France. Respect, recognition has come wailing at this tomb.].
- Call Number
- E East 49/GC077/Box 49/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles A-J GA 2012.01088
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcdv1406605
- Publisher
- Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1791]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1791
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 33.6 x 43.5 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [engraver]
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Allegorical scene with Father Time appearing on a cloud, unveiling the personification of Truth, who is supported by a medallion portrait of Mirabeau. Truth holds a collection of weapons (topped by a Liberty Cap) which are destroying the personifications of despotism and fanaticism. In front of the Pantheon, Marianne weeps while being consoled by a cherub bearing a flame on his head.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "A Paris chez Mondhare et Jean rue St. Jean de Beauvais".
- Unsigned by the artist.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Symbolism in art
- Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de, 1749-1791—Portraits
- France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799—Portraits
- Portraits, French—18th century
- Personification in art
- Father Time (Symbolic character) in art
- Truth in art
- Fanaticism—France—History—18th century—In art
- Pantheeon (Paris, France)—In art
- France—History—18th century—In art
- Despotism—France—History—18th century—In art
- Marianne (French emblem) in art
- Liberty caps (Headgear) in art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f7d9204a-edd7-44cf-acad-0c867e6a7788/manifest