Voltaire Seen in Profile

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Jean Huber
Swiss, 1721-1786

Seen here is the famous French Enlightenment philosopher, poet, playwright, satirist, and historian known as Voltaire (1694–1778), born François-Marie Arouet. The conscience of his age, Voltaire remains relevant today; in the wake of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shootings, his Treatise on Tolerance was brandished in Parisian rallies, leading the publisher Gallimard to reprint the volume in an edition of 10,000 copies.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Huber
Title: Voltaire Seen in Profile
Place: Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1741–1786
Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 21.2 × 16 cm (8 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 22 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Reference Number: 1995.224
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