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Les Précautions (The Precautions), from Le Monument du Costume

Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian, 1738–1797

1777

Les Précautions (The Precautions), from Le Monument du Costume by Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian, 1738–1797

Classification

figures

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure

Accession Number

1960-236-6

About this artwork

Research in Progress

Art Historical Context

**Les Précautions (The Precautions)** created by Italian engraver Pietro Antonio Martini 1777, is a captivating plate from his renowned series *Le Monument du*. Martini (1738–1797), who worked extensively in Paris, specialized in meticulously detailed engravings that chronicled 18th-century fashion and social life. This work now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection (gift of Mrs. Henriette B. Bonaventure falls under the "figures" classification, highlighting human subjects in period attire. Set against the opulent backdrop of pre-Revolutionary France, *Les Précautions* likely capt...

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