Jean Bapt.e. Rousseau. Né á Paris en 1671.
J.P. Sauvage Pinx. G. F. Schmidt Sculp.
Aparis chez Odieuvre .m.d. d'Estampes de l'Ecole vis-à-vis la samarit.e.alabelle Image.
Line Engraving with small margins. 140mm x 100mm (5½" x 4")
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire, within an oval. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
[Ref: 31923] £120.00
Aparis chez Odieuvre .m.d. d'Estampes de l'Ecole vis-à-vis la samarit.e.alabelle Image.
Line Engraving with small margins. 140mm x 100mm (5½" x 4")
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire, within an oval. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
[Ref: 31923] £120.00