Retour A La Ferme (Return to the land)...fiftieth plate in the book... [Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)

19th century

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After: Sebastien Bourdon (1616–1671)
Lithographer: D. Huot (French, 1768-)
Publishers: Paul Petit (French), Gohier Desfontaines (French)
Title: Retour A La Ferme (Return to the land)...fiftieth plate in the book... [Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya … Galérie Impériale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847)
Date: 19th century
Object Type: Print
Medium: Color Lithograph
Dimensions: 19.3 x 26 cm (image); 53 x 39.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Accession Number: A100724

Provenance: bookplate, probably late 19th century, of Biblioteka Gertsova Georgii Georgievicha Mecklenburgskova (library of Herzog von Mecklenburg)
Exhibition History:
Remarks: this is an incomplete set of a work published in 30 parts, in two volumes; each part should consist of text and 4 plates; see collation for details.
According to the dedication leaf (to the Russian empress), the work was commissioned by the emperor, and represents largely unpublished material.

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