In Memory of P. FR. Basan [for the catalogue of the collection of P.-F

An allegorical engraving in which a winged figure of Fame or Commerce hovers above a studio where a seated man examines a book and a standing man holds a print. A cherub, an easel painting and stacked prints fill the room, with a tablet inscribed to Basan below.

Look closer: A box at lower left is labelled 'Catalogue', pointing to the sale catalogue the print commemorates.

Artist

Pierre Philippe Choffard

Date

1798

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1486 × 2341 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919