Portrait of Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Date
18th century
Sitter
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694 - 1778, French) , Philosopher
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 100mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 100mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire, turned to the right as viewed and looking back at viewer. He wears collarless jacket, cape draped across body, and long wig. In an oval frame on plinth.
Inscribed ‘LT[?] Pinxit. JBG [?] Sculpsit. MARIE FRANCOIS ARROUET DE VOLTAIRE Né à Paris en 1694. Paris chez O’ dieuvre, Md. dEstampes, quai de lEcole vis a vis la Samaritaine àla belle Image. C.P.R.’ and pencilled ‘1743’.
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.83
Inscribed ‘LT[?] Pinxit. JBG [?] Sculpsit. MARIE FRANCOIS ARROUET DE VOLTAIRE Né à Paris en 1694. Paris chez O’ dieuvre, Md. dEstampes, quai de lEcole vis a vis la Samaritaine àla belle Image. C.P.R.’ and pencilled ‘1743’.
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.83
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