id:			161862
accession number:	2001.15
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.15
updated:		2025-03-07 12:09:34.714000

The Optical Viewer, c. 1793. Frédéric Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843), after Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845). Chalk-manner etching and engraving; image: 54.7 x 45.1 cm (21 9/16 x 17 3/4 in.); platemark: 67.5 x 53.3 cm (26 9/16 x 21 in.); sheet: 72.4 x 54.2 cm (28 1/2 x 21 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2001.15

title:				The Optical Viewer
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creation date:			c. 1793
creation date earliest:		1793
creation date latest:		1795
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	Chalk-manner etching and engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Inventaire du Fonds Français 4.156.4;  Por.& Ber. I (part I) p. 346; Bréton & Zuber 1804E II/II

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CREATORS

* Frédéric Cazenave (French, active 1793–1843)  - artist

* Louis Léopold Boilly (French, 1761–1845)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 54.7 x 45.1 cm (21 9/16 x 17 3/4 in.); Platemark: 67.5 x 53.3 cm (26 9/16 x 21 in.); Sheet: 72.4 x 54.2 cm (28 1/2 x 21 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

	title:		Imagination in the Age of Reason
	opening date:   2024-09-28T04:00:00
	<i>Imagination in the Age of Reason</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 28, 2024-March 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?–2001
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 5, 2001–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wehn, James. “The 18th-Century Selfie: A new exhibition looks at the role of prints and drawings in pre- and post-revolutionary France.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 4 (July/August 2016): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p.8; Mentioned: p. 9.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-04

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.15/2001.15_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.15/2001.15_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.15/2001.15_full.tif