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Dissertation sur les attributs de Vénus
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
Author: Abbé Géraud de La Chau (French, born in 1750?)
Printer: Prault (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Noël-Jacques Pissot (French, 1724?–1804)
After: Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian (Venetian), about 1488–1576)
Author: Abbé Géraud de La Chau (French, born in 1750?)
Printer: Prault (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Noël-Jacques Pissot (French, 1724?–1804)
1776
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 16 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 26.6 x 20.2 x 2 cm (10 1/2 x 7 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1452
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Prault, and Pissot, 1776
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 541-542
Description(Paris: Prault, and Pissot, 1776) Quarto; 57 leaves, plus two plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Frontispiece of Venus Anadyomene after Titian; vignette illustrations of ancient coins.
Frontispiece of Venus Anadyomene after Titian; vignette illustrations of ancient coins.
ProvenanceVictorien Sardou, playwright (1831-1908); acquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.