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(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of 18th- and 19th-century French publishing with *Oeuvres de Jeanine* (1801), a lavish printed book compiling the complete tragedies of the 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Produced master printer Pierre Didot lainé, this edition revives Racine's timeless works—such as *Phèdre* and *Andromaque*—during the Napoleonic era, when classical literature symbolized cultural refinement amid revolutionary upheaval. What sets this volume apart are its exquisite engraved illustrations by a stellar roster of Neoclassical artists, including Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Anne-Louis G...
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