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C1789
Religieux en noir avec un chapelet a la facon des catholiques. Religieux mendiant chinois. Religieux chinois avec leurs chapelets. Gueux devot a qui l’on a forme la tete en pointe.
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“Religious in black with a rosary like the Catholics. Chinese mendicant religious. Chinese religious with their rosaries. Devout beggar who has had his head shaped into a point.” From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of … Read Full Description
$A 75
S/N: ENCY-0723-RELI–395473
(DRW 15)
Categories: China, RELIGIOUS, PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS, TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS, ASIA, SUBJECTS A-Z, Religion
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Full Title:
Religieux en noir avec un chapelet a la facon des catholiques. Religieux mendiant chinois. Religieux chinois avec leurs chapelets. Gueux devot a qui l’on a forme la tete en pointe.
Date:
C1789
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
220mm
x 325mm
Paper Size:
270mm
x 407mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1789
Description:
“Religious in black with a rosary like the Catholics. Chinese mendicant religious. Chinese religious with their rosaries. Devout beggar who has had his head shaped into a point.”
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.
