Chalier, Procureur of the Lyon Commune, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution française
1798–1804
Medium
Aquatint and etching, with engraving, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 37.6 × 22.6 cm (14 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Plate: 43.4 × 28.2 cm (17 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 50.3 × 31 cm (19 13/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149872
Art Historical Context
This striking print depicts Joseph Chalier, a fervent revolutionary and procureur of the Lyon Commune, as part of the ambitious series *Tableaux historiques de la révolution française*. Created between 1798 and 1804, the series captured key figures and events of the French Revolution for a broad audience, preserving the turbulent spirit of the era just after its most radical phase. Chalier, known for his uncompromising Jacobin views and role in Lyon’s short-lived radical government, embodies the intense political passions that defined the 1790s. Levachez père et fils employed a sophisticated ...