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This is a drawing featuring an oval composition framed by text. In the center, there is a youthful figure on a platform with a crown, holding an olive branch. Flanking the central figure are two draped female forms interacting with a shield inscribed with historical battles. Architectural motifs and inscriptions below add to the grandeur and historical context.
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This is a drawing featuring an oval composition framed by text. In the center, there is a youthful figure on a platform with a crown, holding an olive branch. Flanking the central figure are two draped female forms interacting with a shield inscribed with historical battles. Architectural motifs and inscriptions below add to the grandeur and historical context.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Allegory Celebrating the Birth of the Duc d’Enghien

Louis-Gabriel Monnier, after Charles-Joseph Le Jolivet

Date
1772
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown
Dimensions
plate: 45 × 32.3 cm (17 11/16 × 12 11/16 in.) sheet: 47.6 × 32.3 cm (18 3/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.91.47
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Sculpture
  • Building
  • Figures
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Watermarks

dovecote

NGA object ID 215443. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.