Identification title(s): officer apologizes to philopoemen. Your interest in mauvaise mine. (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-2007-723. Catalog reference: iff 18e siècle 143-2. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: on the right, philopoemen is kneeling, busy chopping wood. On the left is the officer who invited him to the meal, apologizing. Between them was the shocked wife of the officer who had not recognized the guest and, because of his plain appearance, had asked him to chop wood. On the far left and right two women are preparing the meal. Below the image the title, and in the blue frame in french the explanation of the performance. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker:
pierre-michel alix (1762–1817)
(mentioned on object), after a drawing by: jean guillaume moitte (mentioned on object), after a design by: jean guillaume moitte (mentioned on object), publisher: marie françois drouhin (mentioned on object) place of manufacture: printmaker: france, publisher: paris. Date: 1795. Physical features: engraving, stipple engraving, etching, roulette and aquatint with separately printed frame in blue. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / stipple engraving / roulette / etching / aquatint. Dimensions: top: h 320 mm (cut off inside sheet edge. ) × w 575 mm (cut off inside sheet edge. ). Subjectwhat: (story of) philopoemen. Acquisition and rights: credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 2007. Date: 1795.
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