Art Institute of Chicago

Assembly of Notable People, Held at Versailles, from the series Tableaux historiques de la Révolution française

Claude Niquet

1798-1804

Attribution

Claude Niquet (French, c. 1770-1831) after Abraham Girardet (French, 1764-1823) after Veny (probably French, 18th century)

Medium

Etching with engraving on ivory wove paper

Physical dimensions

Image: 21.8 × 35.4 cm (8 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 29 × 40.9 cm (11 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 31.5 × 50.6 cm (12 7/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection