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Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau
Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau

Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau

Artist (Irish, c. 1736 - c. 1766)
After (Scottish, 1713 - 1784)
Date1766
MediumMezzotint
DimensionsPlatemark: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.3 x 25 cm) Sheet: 17 x 11 1/2 in. (43.2 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection
CultureBritish
Catalogue raisonnéChaloner Smith (1883) 67
Object numberPC2014.14.76
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (based on the painting by Allen Ramsay) in a fur cap and fur-trimmed robe. The sitter is posed facing the right, with his head turned towards the viewer, and his hand resting on the fur trim of his attire.

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