Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Julien Offray de La Mettrie, in the Guise of Laughing Democritus
1757
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Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Julien Offray de La Mettrie, in the Guise of Laughing Democritus
1757
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 248 x 181 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Image: 242 x 78 mm. (9 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7612
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate seven lines of text beginning "Sous ces traits vifs, tu vois le Maitre / Des jeux [...]"; below image, lower center, in plate "G. F. Schmidt ad Vivum pingebat et Sculpbat." Verso: center in graphite "Por. de la Mettrie / No 76"; lower left in graphite "J. 76."; lower right in graphite diamond with "12376"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
