Eloquence, ca. 1695 - 1726

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Paris 1654 - Paris 1726
engravers (printmakers)

after

Blois 1688 - Paris 1776
publisher

print room figures (representations) allegory (artistic device) female sex; woman sitting figure - AA - female human figure 17th century 18th century

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Engraving after the painting of the same name by René Antoine Houasse in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Brest.

Artist	Jean-Baptiste Bonnart RKD Paris 1654 - Paris 1726 engravers (printmakers)AAT
	René Antoine Houasse after
	Jacques Chéreau RKD Blois 1688 - Paris 1776 publisherAAT
Title	Eloquence
Date	ca. 1695 - 1726
Period	17th century 18th century
Location	Paris TGN
Medium and support	burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings	inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Har.de m Lemaitre / Ogier
	inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Hoüasse invenit et pinxit.
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: 6.y.
	inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Joan. Bonnart junior deli. et sculp
	inscription outside the depiction, centre below: A Paris chez Jac. Chereau ruë [...] St. Jacques au grand St. Remi.
	inscription outside the depiction, centre below: L'eloquence
	stamps (tools) reverse, lower left: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number	2013-GX
Acquisition credit	unknown
Current whereabouts	Work currently not on display
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-GX
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6605/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 44B1212 throne Iconclass 44B191 crown (symbol of sovereignty) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 49C113 'Rhetorica', 'Eloquentia' (~ trivium); 'Rettorica' (Ripa) Iconclass 49L5 writing tools Iconclass 52D3 Eloquence; 'Eloquenza', 'Fermezza Gravita dell'Oratione' (Ripa) Iconclass 52D31 Power of Eloquence; 'Forza sottoposta all'Eloquenza' (Ripa) Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass

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