C1789

JAPAN-Ceremonie nuptiale du Japon. Ceremonie funebre du Japon.

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Early engraving showing a wedding and funeral ceremony of Japan. From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancient regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects … Read Full Description

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Categories: RELIGIOUS, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS, ASIA, SUBJECTS A-Z, Religion, Japan

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Full Title:

JAPAN-Ceremonie nuptiale du Japon. Ceremonie funebre du Japon.

Date:

C1789

Artist:

Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size:

410mm

x 310mm

Paper Size:

545mm

x 407mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1789

Description:

Early engraving showing a wedding and funeral ceremony of Japan.

From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancient regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth century knowledge. It was edited by the brilliant Denis Diderot (1713-1784).

Provenance: Wigan Public Library (stamp)

References: Printing and the Mind of Man 200.

Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)

Picart was a French artist and engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. He moved to Antwerp in 1696, and spent a year in Amsterdam before returning to France at the end of 1698. After his wife died in 1708, he moved to Amsterdam in 1711 (later being joined by his father), where he became a Protestant His most famous work is Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Although Picart had never left Europe, he relied on accounts by those who had and had access to a collection of Indian sculpture.

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