Funeral (Les Obseques)

Claude Gillot, Jean Audranca. 1718-1722

Details

Title: Funeral (Les Obseques)
Creator: Claude Gillot and Jean Audran
Date Created: ca. 1718-1722
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “C. Gillot Fecit” with full inscriptions
Set or Series Title: Life of the Satyrs
Print State: Third of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1988
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: death, mythology, satyrs (Greek mythology)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by Jean Audran, who finished the etched plates with engraving after the death of Gillot
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 258 mm x 344 mm (10.16 in. x 13.54 in.). Sheet dimensions: 339 mm x 438 mm (13.35 in. x 17.24 in.).
Bibliography: Populus 8
Associated People: Created by Claude Gillot (French, 1673-1722), Created by Jean Audran (French, 1667-1756)
Accession Number: 1988.12.4

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