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Julien Leopold Boilly

Le Baron de Humboldt

1820

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Julien Leopold Boilly

Le Baron de Humboldt

1820

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 327 x 255 mm. (12 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 150 x 195 mm. (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.254
Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian, 1769-1859.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: M. Le Garrec, 1930-ongoing) vol. 3., p. 45, #9.

Inscribed: Signed and dated in stone: lower right "Jul. Boilly / 1821" Inscribed in stone: lower center "Institut Royal / de / France / Acadie. des sciences. / LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT, / (Frédéric-henry-Alexandre,) / Associé étranger / Né à Berlin, le 24 Septembre 1769, élu en 1810"

Markings: None

Artist

Julien Leopold Boilly

French, 1796-1874
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