Research Catalog

Title

Improvisations sur cuivre [graphic] / F. Chifflart.

Author

Chifflart, François Nicolas, 1825-1901.

Publication

1865.

Details

Additional Authors

• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
• S.P. Avery Collection.

Description

17 prints : etchings; 32.1 x 31.4 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Suite of prints, including etched title page. Subjects include allegories of justice, retribution, a cholera epidemic in Paris; Perseus and Andromeda; Diana and her nymphs; a quarry on Montmartre and a figure drawing.

Subject

• Diana (Roman deity)
• Perseus (Greek mythological character)
• Cholera
• Devil
• Justice in art
• Money in art
• Nudes
• Pegasus (Greek mythology)
• Montmartre (Paris, France)

Genre/Form

• Allegories.
• Figure drawings.
• Title pages.
• Etchings – French – 19th century.

Note

• Title and date from Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993.
• Etcher is also known as Nicolas Francois Chifflart.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

• S.P. Avery Collection.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Holdings checked in departmental copy of Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur.

Provenance (note)

• Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Contents

S5. Frontispice (1st state) -- S5. Frontispice (2nd state) -- S5. Frontispice (3rd state) -- S6. Le triomphe de la justice et de la vérié -- S7. Les vendages -- S8. La justice, la vengeance et la vérité -- S9. Le génie des arts -- S10. Académie d'homme -- S11. La méditation -- S12. Le choléra sur Paris -- S13. Surprise -- S14. Persée et Andromède -- S15. Persée -- S16. Diane et ses nymphes -- S17. Feuille de croquis -- S18. Carrières près de Montmartre -- S19. Le diable d'argent.

Call Number

MEZAC

OCLC

NYPG95-F320

Author

Chifflart, François Nicolas, 1825-1901.

Title

Improvisations sur cuivre [graphic] / F. Chifflart.

Imprint

1865.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Cite As:

S.P. Avery Collection.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.

Indexes

Holdings checked in departmental copy of Francois Chifflart graveur et illustrateur / catalogue établi et rédigé par Valérie Sueur.

Provenance

Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.

Added Author

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector

S.P. Avery Collection.

Research Call Number

MEZAC