Detail View: The AMICA Library: L'Optique
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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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Cazenave, Fréderic
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Creator Name:
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Boilly, Louis Léopold
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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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 Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1761 - 1845
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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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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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The Optical Viewer
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Title:
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L'Optique
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Title Type:
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Primary
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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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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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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