Recueil de Griffonis, de Vues, Paysages, fragments antiques et sujets historiques...s..i..n..d..
Dimensions
Overall: 21 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (55 x 41 x 6 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.47.4
Tags
About this artwork
This volume, 'Recueil de Griffonis, de Vues, Paysages, fragments antiques et sujets historiques' (Collection of Sketches, Views, Landscapes, Ancient Fragments and Historical Subjects), represents the work of Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non, one of eighteenth-century France's most important art patrons, collectors, and publishers of illustrated travel literature. Created in 1780, this collection exemplifies the period's intense interest in documenting artistic and archaeological subjects t...
About the Artist
Jean Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French) · 1727 –1791
French, Paris 1727–1791 Paris