Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Optical Viewer
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.2001.15
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Prints
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Creator Name:
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Boilly, Louis Léopold
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Creator Name:
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Cazenave, Fréderic
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Creator Name:
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Boilly, Louis Léopold
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Creator Name:
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Cazenave, Fréderic
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1761 - 1845
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Birth Place:
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La Bassée, near Lille
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Creator Death Place:
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Paris
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Fréderic Cazenave
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Louis Léopold Boilly
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Title:
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L'Optique
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Title:
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The Optical Viewer
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1794
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Creation Start Date:
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1789
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Creation End Date:
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1799
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Materials and Techniques:
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etching and engraving
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Classification Term:
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Print
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Dimensions:
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Sheet: 72cm x 53.9cm, Platemark: 67.5cm x 53.3cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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2001.15
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Credit Line:
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John L. Severance Fund
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Rights:
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© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image: Copyright The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Context:
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The sixteen-year-old Sébastienne-Louis Gély is depicted shortly after her marriage to the famous revolutionary, Georges-Jacques Danton. With her is the son of Danton's first marriage, who is looking at prints through an optical viewer. Using etching and engraving, Cazenave achieved dramatic contrasts of light and dark. The technical tour de force creates Sébastienne's shimmering white satin skirt and the series of reflections in the mantlepiece mirror.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.AM20021002.tif
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Initial Sort:
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Boilly, Louis Léopold
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Initial Sort:
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Cazenave, Fréderic
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