Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Monument Erige a Geneve a J. J. Rousseau // [Monument erected in Geneva for J. J. Rousseau].
Call Number
A Middle 29/Drawer 10/GC018/Half Folio/17th-18th c./Artists A-Z GA 2024.00212
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcq811kz96d
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1743-1790
Extent
1 item ; sheet 57.8 x 40 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Close-up of stone monument; full-length view, left profile of Rousseau with Grecian-style hair and robe, holding shield, book, and wreath; shackled to small boy wielding hammer; allegorical scene on pedestal, below.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Dessine par Barbier Peintre du Roi".
Signed in plate, lower right: "a Grave par C. Guttenberg".

Discovery Information

Subject
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712-1778—Portraits
Authors, Swiss—18th century—Portraits
Philosophers—Switzerland—18th century—Portraits
Monuments—Switzerland—Geneva—In art
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712-1778—Monuments—In art
Symbolism in art
Portraits, Swiss—18th century
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/3771cdce-ed09-4be6-982f-d7b6a6ecbf89/manifest