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Catalogue raisonné des diverses curiosités du cabinet de feu M. Quentin de Lorangère
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Author: Edme François Gersaint (French, 1694–1750)
Publisher: Jacques Barois (French, 18th century)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Author: Edme François Gersaint (French, 1694–1750)
Publisher: Jacques Barois (French, 18th century)
1744
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one etching and engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 11 x 3.5 cm (7 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Schilling in memory of Dr. Georg Swarzenski
Accession Number58.943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jacques Barois, 1744
Description(Paris: Jacques Barois, 1744) Duodecimo; 208 leaves; marbled paper wraps.
Frontispiece of auction room with collectors examining paintings and portfolios. Auction catalogue by Gersaint of the collection of Quentin de Lorangère. The frontispiece is engraved by Cochin father after his son, of [auction?] room with collectors looking at paintings on the walls and portfolios. Gersaint's life of Watteau appears on pp. 172-88. A 96-page alphabetical index of artists is at the end of the volume.
Frontispiece of auction room with collectors examining paintings and portfolios. Auction catalogue by Gersaint of the collection of Quentin de Lorangère. The frontispiece is engraved by Cochin father after his son, of [auction?] room with collectors looking at paintings on the walls and portfolios. Gersaint's life of Watteau appears on pp. 172-88. A 96-page alphabetical index of artists is at the end of the volume.
ProvenanceEdmund Schilling (1888-1974, art historian), by whom given to MFA, September 18. 1958.