Portrait of Jules Aurele Meissonnier
date: label: Date
content: 1742–50
name: label: Designer
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Print Maker
content: Nicolas-Dauphin de Beauvais, French, 1687 – 1763
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Third state. Portrait bust of J. A. Meissonnier facing three quarters to his right in oval frame on which is written "JUSTUS AURELIUS MEISSONNIER ARCHITECTURAM UNIVERSAM LIBRIS IV TRACTAVIT." The portrait is surrounded by a cartouche consisting of a shell (lower center), a globe (lower left), book (lower right), and acanthus leaves (flanking portrait).
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-212-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 37.4 x 27.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)