PrintsFrench18th century

Liberty, Armed with the Scepter of Reason, Strikes Down Ignorance and Fanaticism

1793

Artists

Jean-Baptiste ChapuyArtist

Simon Louis BoizotArtist after

Gamble et CoipelPublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Mezzotint

Medium

Mezzotint on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 34.5 × 51 cm (13 9/16 × 20 1/16 in.) Plate: 44.7 × 58.6 cm (17 5/8 × 23 1/16 in.) Sheet: 48.1 × 65.8 cm (18 15/16 × 25 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Galerie Terrades, Paris, 2012], to; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 2012.

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