The Victory of Khorgos
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 39 5/8 × 25 3/4 in. (100.7 × 65.4 cm) Plate: 36 3/4 × 22 3/8 in. (93.3 × 56.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.100.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Victory of Khorg** (1774) is a etching and engraving created by a trio of French artists: Jean-Denis Attiret, who designed the composition; Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, and-Nicolas Cochin II, both master engravers. Produced on a grand scale—measuring nearly 40 by 26 inches on the sheet—this print captures the chaos and triumph of battle, teeming with soldiers, horses, and dynamic combat scenes as suggested by its tags. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies 18th-century printmaking's power to disseminate grand historical narratives to wide a...
About the Artist
Jean Denis Attiret|Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French|French|French) · 1715 |1741 |1702 –1790 |1811 |1768
French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris|French, Cysoing 1741–1811 Paris|French, 1702–1768