PrintsFrench18th century

Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

1741

Artists

Jean DaulléArtist

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 × 34.8 cm (19 11/16 × 13 11/16 in.) Plate: 52 × 37.5 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.) Sheet: 57 × 42.7 cm (22 7/16 × 16 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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