PrintsFrench18th century

Montesquieu

1768

Artists

Jean Baptiste de GrateloupArtist

Jacques-Antoine DassierArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 11 × 7.4 cm (4 5/16 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 15.2 × 11.6 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Dealer, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA, circa 2010], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

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