Portrait of Jean Alphonse Turrettini
18th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 9 13/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.9 x 19.3 cm) sheet: 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in. (55 x 36 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Susan Schulman Printseller and Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints, 2009
Accession Number
2009.468.26
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant 18th-century engraving *Portrait of Jean Alphon Turrettini*, captures the dignified likeness of a notable figure, likely a scholar or cleric from Geneva, rendered with the precision typical of period portraiture. Attributed to Swiss artists Jean Michel Liotard, known for his refined portrait paintings, and Robert Gardelle a skilled engraver, the work reflects the collaborative spirit of Enlightenment-era art production, where painters' designs were translated into prints for broader audiences. As an engraving, the piece exemplifies a key reproductive medium of the time, allowing ...
About the Artist
Jean Michel Liotard|Robert Gardelle (Swiss|Italian) · 1702 |1628 –1796 |1719
Swiss, Geneva 1702–1796 Geneva|Italian, Bologna 1628–1719 Forlì