Fontenelle
Fontenelle
Fontenelle
Fontenelle

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Fontenelle

Augustin Saint-Aubin, 1736–1807; born and died Paris, France
x1937-32

Information

Title
Fontenelle
Maker
Augustin Saint-Aubin
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 16.2 x 10.8 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 18.7 x 14 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1937-32
Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left: Grave par St. Aubin
Culture
French, European
Type
prints, engravings
Subject
busts, men, profiles (figures), portraits

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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