id:			118049
accession number:	1939.171
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.171
updated:		2024-06-29 11:02:17.679000

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
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

	title:		Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
	opening date:   1989-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Rococo, Revolution, Restoration</i>. 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." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 112
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25138016

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