Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.21161

    Portrait of Jean le Rond d’Alembert

    Date
    19th century
    Sitter
    Jean le Rond d' Alembert (1717 - 1783) , Mathematician
    Creator
    Zéphirin Félix Jean Marius Belliard (1798 - 1861, French) , Engraver
    François-Séraphin Delpech (1778 - 1825, French) , Lithographer
    After
    Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (1704 - 1788, French) , Painter
    Object type
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    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 490mm
    width (print): 320mm
    Subject
    Description
    Head and shoulders portrait of Jean le Rond d’Alembert, inclined to the left and looking slightly right [as viewed], dressed in queue wig and dinner jacket over a shirt and necktie.

    Inscribed: ‘J. Lith de Depech Z Belliard/ J. D’ALEMBERT/ Tire de l’Academie Royale de France’ With facsimile signature.

    Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1748.
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