id: 118049
accession number: 1939.171
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.171
updated: 2024-08-10 14:47:51.702000
The Optical Viewer, c. 1794. Frédéric Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843), after Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845). Etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor; overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.171
title: The Optical Viewer
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creation date: c. 1794
creation date earliest: 1789
creation date latest: 1799
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creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: etching and engraving hand colored with watercolor
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Por.&Ber. I (part I) p. 346
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CREATORS
* Frédéric Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843) - artist
* Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 65 x 47.2 cm (25 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: below border, lower left: Peint par L. Boilly; below border, lower right: Gravé par F. Cazenave.; in margin: L'Optique.; bottom center: A Paris chez L'Auteur, Rue Jacques N°. 13 en face de la rue de la Parcheminierie./ Imprimé par Finot
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Printing in Color
opening date: 1985-09-10T04:00:00
Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
title: Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
opening date: 1989-07-11T04:00:00
Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115
page number: Mentioned: p. 112
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25138016
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.171/1939.171_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.171/1939.171_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.171/1939.171_full.tif