Les Dieux des Chinois. tires de la Chine de Kircher. - Antique Print from 1789
C1789

Les Dieux des Chinois. tires de la Chine…

Artist:

Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)

“The Gods of the Chinese. Kircher’s drawings of China.” From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancien regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects of … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Les Dieux des Chinois. tires de la Chine de Kircher.

Date:

C1789

Artist:

Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size: 

410mm 
x 310mm

Paper Size: 

270mm 
x 407mm
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Les Dieux des Chinois. tires de la Chine de Kircher. - Antique Print from 1789

Genuine antique
dated:

1789

Description:

“The Gods of the Chinese. Kircher’s drawings of China.”

From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancien 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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