Live auction - Lot 152
[French]
Satire on the French Revolution and the Terror.
Paris, 1793
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Etching, 24 x 26 cm, vellum paper, unsigned (large vert. centerfold, min. foxing, trimmed to the platemark).
Under passe-partout.
Satirical allegory contrasting in a single scene two subjects taken from La Fontaine's fable of the Frogs who demanded a King. On the left "L'âge d'or de Louis XVI", on the right "L'âge de fer 1793" with cranes eating the frogs, and Discord (Robespierre) flying above.
Ref. De Vinck, R., "Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe Robespierre. Inventaire analytique, 1909-1967", no. 4073. - British Museum 1861,1012.40.
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