Portrait of Jean Rodolphe Perronet
Date
1782
Sitter
Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708 - 1794, French) , Engineer
Creator
Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736 - 1807, French) , Engraver
After
Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715 - 1790, French) , Draughtsman
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Material
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Subject
Description
Half-length seated portrait of Jean Rodolphe Perronet within an oval architectural frame. Perronet is shown turned towards his left and is looking out towards the viewer. He holds a pen in his right hand, with other pens and architectural tools visible on his desk. He is shown wearing an ornate jacket with fleur-de-lis buttons over a frilled shirt and a silk sash. He wears a short wig and is presented against a dark background.
Inscribed: ‘OPTIMO VIRO ET CLARISSIMO CIVI JOAN NI RODOLPHO PERRONET, / Regiæ Scientiarum Academiæ Parisiensis Sodali, / et à Viis, Pontibus et Ædificiis Publicis Galliæ conficiendis Architecturæ-Præfecto, / offerebant et consecravère Institutori, Amico, Patri, / testes Virtutum assidui et Benefactorum memores Alumni, / ANNO M. DCC. LXXXII.’
Inscribed below: ‘C.N. Cochin filius del.’ ‘1782.’ ‘August. De St. Aubin Sculp:’
Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794), French architect and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1788.
Inscribed: ‘OPTIMO VIRO ET CLARISSIMO CIVI JOAN NI RODOLPHO PERRONET, / Regiæ Scientiarum Academiæ Parisiensis Sodali, / et à Viis, Pontibus et Ædificiis Publicis Galliæ conficiendis Architecturæ-Præfecto, / offerebant et consecravère Institutori, Amico, Patri, / testes Virtutum assidui et Benefactorum memores Alumni, / ANNO M. DCC. LXXXII.’
Inscribed below: ‘C.N. Cochin filius del.’ ‘1782.’ ‘August. De St. Aubin Sculp:’
Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794), French architect and engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1788.