L'Histoire

• Engraved by Charles Nicholas Cochin, French. After Jacques de la Joue
  Made in Paris
• Plate: 12 x 14.75 in.
  Engraving on laid paper
• Not on display
• Gift of Fisher Scientific International
• Fisher Collection
• FA 2000.001.218
• No known copyright restrictions

Description

The Duke of Picquigny commissioned Charles Nicholas Cochin to engrave a series of allegories after paintings of Jacques de la Joue. This allegorical rendering includes angels, a bearded man, young children, an hourglass, a sword, and a shining temple in the background.

Inscription

L'Histoire
Tiré du cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Picquigny.
Se vend à Paris ches la veuve de François Chereau graveur du Roy, rue St. Jacques aux deux Piliers d'Or.
One of a set of four allegorical engravings by C.N. Cochin after J. de la Joue.