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: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

INV-1482

Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

etchingprint

Date

1762/77

Medium

Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 32 × 20.6 cm (12 5/8 × 8 1/8 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

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