Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809)
published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)
Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie
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Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809)
published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)1762/77
Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie
Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775) →etchingprint
Date
1762/77
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 32 × 21 cm (12 5/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 35.5 × 22.5 cm (14 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40 × 26 cm (15 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Art Institute of Chicago
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Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt (French, active 18th century) after Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, c. 1735-1809) published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775)
