Oeuvres de Jean Racine
Medium
Printed book with engraved illustrations
Dimensions
Overall: 19 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (50 x 35 x 7 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and The Elisha Whittelsey Funds; and Gift of John Sise, by exchange, 1958
Accession Number
58.635.1(1)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of early 19th-century French bookmaking with *Oeuvres de Jean Rac* (1801), a printed edition of the complete works of the 17th-century playwright Jean Racine, celebrated for his tragic masterpieces like *Phèdre* and *Andromaque*. Published by the esteemed printer Pierre Didot lainé, this volume exemplifies the height of Napoleonic-era luxury publishing, blending Racine's timeless verses on passion, fate, and heroism with exquisite engraved illustrations. Produced during a cultural revival of classical antiquity, it reflects France's neoclassical fervor, bridging Enl...
About the Artist
Pierre Didot l'ainé|Jean Racine|Pierre Paul Prud'hon|Jean Guillaume Moitte|Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson|Taunai|Antoine Denis Chaudet|Jean-Baptiste-Michel Dupréel|baron François Gérard (Roman|French|French) · -0065 |1761 |1764 –-0008 |1853 |1838
Roman, Venusia 65 BCE–8 BCE Rome|French, 1761–1853|French, Paris 1764–1838 Paris