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Jean CésarMacret
1768-182
Réception de Voltaire aux Champs Elisées par Henri quatre / / dessiné par L. Fauvel ; gravé par C. Macret.
etching and engraving
image: 234 x 325 mm; plate mark: 316 x 366 mm; sheet: 389 x 506 mm
Peel 2585
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Etched and engraved by Jean César Macret after a painting by Louis François Sébastien Fauvel.
Date suggested by a notice signed by Macret informing the public of the publication of the print which appeared in the Journal de Paris, August 5, 1780, page 886-887.
This state lacks the dedication to Catherine II of Russia, and the inscription in French describing the scene, present on other impressions of the print.
Summary:
Voltaire, surrounded by Spirits carrying various attributes, is bowing before Henri IV who is welcoming him in Elisium; in the background, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Peter, Corneille and Molière; on the left, a rivergod sleeping on the left; coat of arms of Catherine II in lower margin. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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