Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt
1762/77
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.5 × 20.7 cm (12 7/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 35.5 × 22.8 cm (14 × 9 in.); Sheet: 39 × 25.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148198
About the Artist
A. J. Defehrt · 1708–1779
A. J. Defehrt (1723–1779) was a French draftsman, painter, and engraver whose career is best defined by his substantial contributions to one of the most ambitious publishing projects of the European Enlightenment: the illustrated plates of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. This monumental project, which aimed t...