Topographic, Geographic and Music Engraving, from Encyclopédie
A. J. Defehrt
1762/77
Medium
Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 33.5 × 22 cm (13 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.); Plate: 36 × 23 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 39 × 25.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
148205
About the Artist
A. J. Defehrt · 1708–1779
A. J. Defehrt (1723–1779) was a French draftsman, painter, and engraver whose career is best defined by his substantial contributions to one of the most ambitious publishing projects of the European Enlightenment: the illustrated plates of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. This monumental project, which aimed t...