Le soufleur

• 1744
• Engraved by Lepicie, after a painting by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
  Made in Paris
• Plate: 14.75 x 10.75 in.
  Engraving on laid paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.105
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

A seated man wearing fur-trimmed clothing is reading a large book on a table. Next to him is a quill, an hourglass, and other manuscripts.

Inscription

Malgré tes veilles continués,
et ce vain atirail de chimique scavoir;
Tu pourrois bien trouver au fond dettes cornues,
La misère et le désespoir. (Lepicie)