Le Crainte, Le Mépris, La Frayeur, from "Caractères des passions, grav
Three profile heads etched in fine line on a pale ground, each captioned in French across the top. The left head, with braided hair and a tense mouth, shows fear; the center older man, with a sneering lip and lowered brow, shows contempt; the right head, with wild hair and a wide-open mouth and staring eyes, shows terror. The sheet is a study of facial expression.
Look closer: The small plate number '16' is printed in the lower-right corner.
- Artist
- Sébastien Le Clerc, le Jeune
- Date
- 1695–1720
- Medium
- Etching
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 2075 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1720).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953