De la physionomie humaine et animale : dessins de Charles Le Brun gravés pour la chalcographie du musée Napoléon en 1806 / [présentation et rédaction du catalogue Madeleine Pinault Sørensen].

Title & Author:

De la physionomie humaine et animale : dessins de Charles Le Brun gravés pour la chalcographie du musée Napoléon en 1806 / [présentation et rédaction du catalogue Madeleine Pinault Sørensen].

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Description:

78 p. : illustrations ; 18 cm

Notes:
Catalog for an exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre May 18-September 11, 2000. The catalog contains reproductions of engravings by Louis-Pierre Baltard and André Legrand which replicate the drawings of Charles Le Brun. The engravings were commissioned for an earlier exhibition held in 1806, which was organized for the Musée Napoleon by its then director, Dominique-Vivant Denon.
Includes the text of: Dissertation sur un traité de Charles le Brun, concernant le rapport de la physionomie humaine avec celle des animaux; ouvrage enrichi de la gravure des dessins tracés pour la démonstration de ce système (published Paris, 1806), which was written by Louis-Marie-Joseph Morel d'Arleux to accompany the first exhibition of the engravings.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre May 18-Sept. 11, 2000. The catalogue contains reproductions of engravings by Louis-Pierre Baltard and André Legrand which replicate the drawings of Charles Le Brun. The engravings were commissioned for an earlier exhibition held in 1806, which was organized for the Musée Napoleon by its then director, Dominique-Vivant Denon.
Includes the text of: Dissertation sur un traité de Charles Le Brun, concernant le rapport de la physionomie humaine avec celle des animaux; ouvrage enrichi de la gravure des dessins tracés pour la démonstration de ce système (published Paris, 1806), which was written by Louis-Marie-Joseph Morel d'Arleux to accompany the first exhibition of the engravings.

ISBN:

2711840948 (br.)
9782711840946 (br.)

Subject:

Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690 Exhibitions.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
Musée du Louvre. Département des arts graphiques Exhibitions.
Musée du Louvre. Département des arts graphiques.
Physiognomy in art Exhibitions.
Animals in art Exhibitions.
Face in art Exhibitions.
Engraving France Exhibitions.
Physiognomonie dans l'art Expositions.
Visage dans l'art Expositions.
Animals in art.
Engraving.
Face in art.
Physiognomy in art.
Engraving France.
France.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
Baltard, Louis-Pierre, 1764-1846.
Legrand, André, fl. 1806.
Pinault Sørensen, Madeleine.
Morel d'Arleux, Louis-Marie-Joseph, 1755-1827. Dissertation sur un traité de Charles Le Brun, concernant le rapport de la physionomie humaine avec celle des animaux.
Legrand, André, artist
Musée du Louvre. Chalcographie.
Réunion des musées nationaux (France)
Musée du Louvre

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 218438
Call No.: N7573.3 .D4 2000
Status: Available

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