Optics, ca. 1740

etching, paper
164 x 265 mm
Inv. 2013-GW

Charles-Louis Simonneau

Orléans 1645 - Paris 1728
engravers (printmakers)

Michel I Corneille

Orléans 1603 - Paris 1664
after

Jacques Chéreau

Blois 1688 - Paris 1776
publisher

print room allegory (artistic device) figures (representations) female sex; woman adolescent, young woman, maiden 18th century

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An allegory of astronomy in an oval design (possibly a fragment or from a book?). A female figure in robes, left breast exposed, leaning back on to a pile of books looking through a telescope, surrounded by four putti, one of whom pulls back a curtain to reveal the French royal observatory at Versailles in the background. Another putti points to 'Picart Petit' inscribed on a scroll in the woman's left hand.

Artist	Charles-Louis Simonneau RKD Orléans 1645 - Paris 1728 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	Michel I Corneille RKD Orléans 1603 - Paris 1664 after
	Jacques Chéreau RKD Blois 1688 - Paris 1776 publisherAAT
Title	Optics
Date	ca. 1740
Period	18th century
Location	Paris TGN
Medium and support	etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: N. Corneille. pinxit.
	inscription outside the depiction, centre below: A Paris chez Jacq. Chereau ruë [...] St. Jacques au grand St. Remi
	inscription centre below: L'optique
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Simonneau, sculpsit.
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 8.y.
Collection	print room
Object type	etching AAT reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number	2013-GW
Acquisition credit	unknown
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-GW
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6604/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49E science and technology Iconclass 49E25 optics Iconclass 49E2513 binoculars, spy-glass, etc. Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass

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