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Maker(s):Carrogis, Louis (called Carmontelle)
Culture:French (1717 - 1806)
Title:Portrait of Le Baron de Bezenval
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Print
Materials:etching printed in black on medium weight, moderately textured, cream-colored paper
Place Made:France
Measurements:sheet: 14 in x 10 1/4 in; 35.6 cm x 26 cm; plate: 11 in x 7 1/2 in; 27.9 cm x 19 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscribed in plate at lower left:Carmontelle, delin et sculp.
Accession Number:  SC 2012.29
Credit Line:Purchased with the Elizabeth Halsey Dock, class of 1933, Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
man standing in profile with proper right hand in coat, proper left by his side, wearing coat, hose, sword and curled wig, in a landscape with a large plant near his feet and small group of trees in back left distance

Label Text:
Carmontelle was a draughtsman and teacher of mathematics in the household of the Duc de Orleans. he rendered altogether six etchings, comprising five portraits of own design - of which this is the second-largest - and one subject after a design of François Boucher.

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