Portrait of Charles Rollin

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Simon Francois I Ravenet (after)
,
Charles Coypel (after)
,
Anonieme meester (engravers (printmakers))

Date

ca. 1750 - 1800

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Charles Rollin (Paris 1661-1741) was a French historian and Rector of the University of Paris (La Sorbonne). He is represented seated, facing right, wearing a fur-clad official robe. In the background is a statue of Minerva and to its right another female figure.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Simon Francois I Ravenet , Charles Coypel , Anonieme meester
Types burin engraving , etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 215 x 175 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-B
Description
Subjects figures (representations) , portraits
Tags male sex; man Iconclass, adult man Iconclass, historical persons Iconclass, historical person (CHARLES ROLLIN) Iconclass, History Iconclass, university Iconclass, (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena) Iconclass, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture Iconclass, chemistry Iconclass, table Iconclass, chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass, pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass, 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-B
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8655/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-B
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