PrintsFrench18th century

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

1741

Artists

Jean DaulléArtist

Johann Georg WilleArtist

Thomas Levrac-TournièresArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 50 × 34.6 cm (19 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.) Plate: 51.8 × 35.5 cm (20 3/8 × 14 in.) Sheet: 54.2 × 38.8 cm (21 5/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

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