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Henry IV processing in triumph through Paris: P.2223-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Henry IV processing in triumph through Paris
Les ramparts ébranlés s'entr'ouvrent à sa voix (Chant X)
La Henriade

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Romanet, Antoine Louis
Draughtsman: Moreau, Jean Michel the younger (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1782

Note

III/III. Illustration to an incomplete large format version of Kehl's 'Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire'

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 321 mm Width 244 mm
Sheet Height 358 mm Width 271 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Les ramparts ébranlés s'entr'ouvrent à sa voix / Il entre au nom de Dieu qui fait régner les Rois. Henriade Ch. 10e.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Dessiné par J. M. Moreau le jeune
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1782
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: Gravé par A. Romanet.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2223-1991
Primary reference Number: 95420
Bocher (Moreau): 1615 III/III

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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